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The owner of “The Fisherman’s Rest” and Sally’s father. Mr. Jellyband is described as a “worthy” and “honest” host, and his inn is comfortable and inviting. Orczy describes Jellyband as a “typical rural John Bull,” which is a popular image of an Englishman similar to that of Uncle Sam in the United States. According to Jellyband, all of Europe is “a den of immorality,” and the rest of the world “an unexploited land of savages and cannibals.” This obviously bigoted viewpoint reflects popular assumptions of British superiority held by broader society during the days of British imperialism and colonialism, a belief that Orczy herself openly held. Mr. Jellyband supports the monarchy and opposes the revolution in France, which makes his “blood boil.” He refers to the French citizens as “murderin’ devils” and believes that England should interfere on behalf of the aristocrats. Mr. Jellyband is proud of the efforts of the Scarlet Pimpernel and his men to save the condemned aristocrats, and he happily welcomes those who escape across the Channel into England. Mr. Jellyband serves as the personification of the typical middleclass Englishman during the French Revolution—sympathetic to the plight of the aristocracy and completely opposed to the revolution.
Mr. Jellyband Quotes in The Scarlet Pimpernel
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“That’s quite right, Mr. ’Empseed,” retorted Jellyband, "and as I says, what can you ’xpect? There’s all them Frenchy devils over the Channel yonder a murderin’ their king and nobility, and Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox and Mr. Burke a- fightin’ and a-wranglin’ between them, if we Englishmen should 'low them to go on in their ungodly way. ’Let ’em murder!’ says Mr. Pitt. ‘Stop ’em!’ says Mr. Burke.”
“And let ’em murder, says I, and be demmed to ’em,” said Mr. Hempseed, emphatically, for he had but little liking for his friend Jellyband’s political arguments, wherein he always got out of his depth, and had but little chance for displaying those pearls of wisdom which had earned for him so high a reputation in the neighbourhood and so many free tankards of ale at “The Fisherman’s Rest.”
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Mr. Jellyband Quotes in The Scarlet Pimpernel
The The Scarlet Pimpernel quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Jellyband or refer to Mr. Jellyband. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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“That’s quite right, Mr. ’Empseed,” retorted Jellyband, "and as I says, what can you ’xpect? There’s all them Frenchy devils over the Channel yonder a murderin’ their king and nobility, and Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox and Mr. Burke a- fightin’ and a-wranglin’ between them, if we Englishmen should 'low them to go on in their ungodly way. ’Let ’em murder!’ says Mr. Pitt. ‘Stop ’em!’ says Mr. Burke.”
“And let ’em murder, says I, and be demmed to ’em,” said Mr. Hempseed, emphatically, for he had but little liking for his friend Jellyband’s political arguments, wherein he always got out of his depth, and had but little chance for displaying those pearls of wisdom which had earned for him so high a reputation in the neighbourhood and so many free tankards of ale at “The Fisherman’s Rest.”
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