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Dec 29th 2012 at 2:53:25 AM
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- Will: Clarissa's grandfather's will is the main plot point at the start of the story, leaving her a large estate and, later on, Clarissa's will deeply affects Lovelace.
Will is a disambiguation. A list of tropes about wills can be found on Will and Inheritance Tropes.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
About spoiler: I can't find anything in the text supporting this opinion.
The description of the duel:
They parried with equal judgment several passes. My chevalier drew the first blood, making a desperate push, which, by a sudden turn of his antagonist, missed going clear through him, and wounded him on the fleshy part of the ribs of his right side; which part the sword tore out, being on the extremity of the body; but, before my chevalier could recover himself, the Colonel, in return, pushed him into the inside of the left arm, near the shoulder; and the sword (raking his breast as it passed,) being followed by a great effusion of blood, the Colonel said, Sir, I believe you have enough.
My chevalier swore by G—d he was not hurt; 'twas a pin's point; and so made another pass at his antagonist; which he, with a surprising dexterity, received under his arm, and run my dear chevalier into the body; who immediately fell; saying, The luck is your's, Sir — O my beloved Clarissa! — Now art thou — inwardly he spoke three or four words more. His sword dropt from his hand. Mr. Morden threw his down, and ran to him, saying in French — Ah, Monsieur! you are a dead man! —— Call to God for mercy!
More, it is obvious that he had been sure of his victory before the duel and didn't want to die after it.
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