- Babette was an ordinary girl, or she may have been a woman, for it is women, rather than girls, that make sacrifices. Her foster sister, the Countess Celie, was the type of Countess you've read about a dozen times, a little bit vain and a lot more selfish. Chevalier was the man. Chevalier loved Celie and Babette loved Chevalier. Babette loved him secretly but fiercely. Babette's cousin Jean thought a lot of her in his burly, boisterous way, but Jean was not Chevalier. The revolutionists were particularly active at this part of the story and once Babette hears noises. Going to inquire the cause, she sees Chevalier pursued by the mob. A moment later he falls wounded at her feet. Babette defends him, telling the mob she would keep him safe for them, and leads him tenderly toward the old mill near which she lives. The leader of the mob had become infatuated with Celie, and demands her from her father, threatening to burn the house unless he accedes. Celie desperately puts on a blue coat and makes her escape. Celie arrives at the mill and finds Babette nursing Chevalier. Babette calls Jean, and begs him to take Celie and Chevalier away. He refuses, and in desperation Babette offers to marry him if he carries out her wish. He consents and escorts the lovers away. The mob returns, demands Celie and Chevalier, and when Babette tells them they have escaped, they decide to wreak vengeance upon her. But suddenly the leader notices the blue cloak belonging to Celie, and concludes she is in the house. In furious rage he wields a knife over Babette's head. Determined to cheat him of his vengeance, she grasps the weapon and takes her secret forever with her.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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