Both Uses of
revel
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Marguerite had hailed the notion of it with delight....Sir Percy was an enthusiastic whip; his four thoroughbreds, which had been sent down to Dover a couple of days before, were just sufficiently fresh and restive to add zest to the expedition and Marguerite revelled in anticipation of the few hours of solitude, with the soft night breeze fanning her cheeks, her thoughts wandering, whither away?†
Chpt 9 *unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ED".
- The air was keen and full of brine; after that enforced period of inactivity, inside the evil-smelling, squalid inn, Marguerite would have enjoyed the sweet scent of this autumnal night, and the distant melancholy rumble of the autumnal night, and the distant melancholy rumble of the waves; she would have revelled in the calm and stillness of this lonely spot, a calm, broken only at intervals by the strident and mournful cry of some distant gull, and by the creaking of the wheels, some way down the road: she would have loved the cool atmosphere, the peaceful immensity of Nature, in this lonely part of the coast: but her heart was too full of crue†
Chpt 27
Definition:
to take delight in
or:
to party -- especially in a noisy way
or:
to party -- especially in a noisy way