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''{{smallcaps|The Talisman Ring}}''
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Tristram and Eustacie. {{Spoiler|Quickly dropped when they each find someone more suitable}}.
* [[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?"
* [[Snark-to-Snark Combat]]: Tristram and Sarah needle each other a lot; it's the "slapping" part of 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.▼
* [[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.
▲* [[Snark-to-Snark Combat]]: Tristram and Sarah needle each other a lot; it's the
{{Quote|"Middle—Has anyone ever boxed your ears, Miss Thane? ... You have been undeservedly fortunate...."}}
''{{smallcaps|The Toll-Gate}}''
* [[Altar the Speed]]: John and Nell are ... unexpectedly ... married by Sir Peter's bedside because he's decided he wants it done before he dies. Nell expresses qualms, actually saying John is being forced into it. John replies that he doesn't even need to be persuaded, but he '''will''' hold off if she really doesn't want to do it now.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]
* [[Stranger in a Familiar Land]]
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* [[Amateur Sleuth]]: Frank Amberley - the person who solves the mystery - is a barrister, although it's noted in the story that he has some experience rounding up major criminals, having helped the police at least once.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: When the [[Big Bad]] tries to get away via a motorboat, Frank just happens to have a motorboat of his own ready. [[Justified]] in that he'd done some research during the previous day, and figured that would happen.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Frank's aunt Marion is often referred to as having a "vague" manner ... but it turns out she's figured out what's going on. She lets him do all the sleuthing anyway.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: [[Averted]]. the police are just at sea because there are no clues to go on, and Amberley has quite a few of them... [[Locked Out of the Loop|not that he tells the police most of them]].
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: It doesn't help that Frank is something of a [[Troll]] throughout the whole book, and not just to the girl.
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