work; know; and contort
Twist around.
WORKED
worked
carry tie fragment
worked
The Anglo-Saxon root word wroht means "work".
The Scarlet Pimpernel (a small wild flower) is a thriller set in the time of the French Revolution. It was written in 1905by Baroness Orczy ( a Hungarian, I believe) a very popular writer at the beginning of the 20th C. It has been filmed a number of times. See wikipedia for more info, Scathach.