I Will Repay plot
Paris, 1793, during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution. Paul de Roulade is a hero to the proletariat, who call him 'Citizen de Roulade'. One evening, he gets into an argument with the Viscount de Marny over the virtues of a dancing girl. This leads to a fight, provoked by the Viscount, forcing Paul to kill the nobleman. The Viscount's sister, Juliette de Marny, vows revenge. To achieve this, she infiltrates the Roulade household and seduces Paul into falling in love with her. It is revealed that Paul has secret royalist sympathies and, wary of bloodshed, he decides to smuggle Marie Antoinette out of France. To do this, he enlists the help of none other than the Scarlet Pimpernel.