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* [[The Tale]]: Amanda spins about a dozen of these throughout the novel.
* [[True Companions]]: Gareth, Hester, Amanda and Hildebrand. Neil would probably have been adopted one way or another had the book been longer.
** Probably? Another fellow says something stupid and intrusive, and Gareth requests that Neil toss the idiot out, preferably onto a garbage heap. Neil's response is, "With the greatest of pleasure!" He's been adopted, all right.
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* [[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]] (aside from a few threats of boxing ears). 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'''.
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