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''{{smallcaps|The Talisman Ring}}''
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Tristram and Eustacie. {{Spoiler|Quickly dropped when they each find someone more
* [[Clear My Name]]: Ludovic.
* [[Great Way to Go]]: Old Lord Lavenham's dying words are a "gross" insult directed at the doctor attending his deathbed. His great-nephews are highly amused to hear this, one of them saying "how right, how fitting" it was for the old man's personality.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard|Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: Sarah, asked in front of several witnesses why she ventured outdoors in the middle of the night, tries to embarrass Tristram (as well as concealing her true reason) by hinting she went out for a flirtation with him. "Miss Thane found that she had underrated her opponent." Tristram not only immediately agrees that she came to meet him, but embarrasses '''her''' by going on to state that they're "deeply in love." (Well, they '''are''', but at the moment he's saying that just for the amusement of seeing her outraged reaction.) Hilariously, her brother is completely unfazed and mildly scolds, "You've been flirting again."
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Ludovic's are renowned. At one point, a Mook exclaims in horror that Ludovic must have shot out the light, because no one else could have managed such a shot. Tristram, the actual shooter in this case, murmurs, "Oh, could they not?"
* [[It's All About Me]]: Eustacie doesn't like Tristram because he has the discourtesy to point out when her self-centered attitude is unrealistic. She fantasizes that if she'd been taken to the [[The French Revolution|guillotine]], her youth and beauty (and the white dress she imagines herself wearing) would've made even the [[Reign of Terror|revolutionary mob]] feel sorry for her. To her mind, it's very callous of Tristram to say he'd feel sorry for '''anyone''', not just her, about to be guillotined.
* [[MacGuffin]]: The title ring. It's a family heirloom, {{Spoiler|and Ludovic treasures it}}, but unimpressive in appearance, as Eustacie comments. Its greatest importance is that, as Tristram puts it, {{Spoiler|the man Ludovic's accused of killing was murdered "by someone who wanted the talisman ring and only that." So the murderer will have '''kept''' the ring}} — find whoever's got it, and....
* [[Snark-to-Snark Combat]]: Tristram and Sarah needle each other a lot; it's the closest they get to '''physical''' slapping in their [[Slap Slap Kiss]]. She says that at thirty-one, he's reached middle age (she's twenty-eight); he, when she pretends to faint, says they should throw cold water on her.
{{Quote|"Middle—Has anyone ever boxed your ears, Miss Thane? ... You have been undeservedly fortunate...."}}
* [[Title Drop]]: It being the MacGuffin, people mention the talisman ring '''a lot'''.
''{{smallcaps|The Toll-Gate}}''
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