The Scarlet Pimpernel

According to Lord Antony, why were the Scarlet Pimpernel and his band willing to risk their lives for the French aristocracy?

In the Scarlet Pimpernel, in chapter 4 according to Lord Antony, why were the Scarlet pimpernel and his band willing to risk their lives for the french aristocracy?

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Lord Antony claims they are willing to risk their lives for sport.

"Sport, Madame la Comtesse, sport," asserted Lord Antony, with his jovial, loud and pleasant voice; "we are a nation of sportsmen, you know, and just now it is the fashion to pull the hare from between the teeth of the hound."

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