Scarlet Pimpernel Questions Chapter: Chapters 1–2

Chapters 1–2:
In which time in history does this story begin?
How had so many French aristocrats recently been able to escape the guillotine?
Why had Citizen Grospierre gone to the guillotine?
What was the mob so fascinated by at the West Barricade?
What did Citizen Bibot learn from the captain of the guard about the old lady he had encountered who claimed her grandson had the plague?
What was the usual kind of conversation at The Fishermen’s Rest?
Who was expected for dinner at The Fishermen’s Rest that evening?
What was the discussion between Mr. Jellyband and Mr. Hempseed that so amused the two
strangers?