History Literature / ThePavilionOnTheLinks

* [[spoiler:TheMafia]]: Averted. While the [[spoiler:Carbonari are Italians]] who do not refrain from killing people, they are not criminals but [[spoiler:freedom fighters.]] Their reputation is [[Main/TheDreaded still terrible enough]] to frighten even the otherwise fearless Northmour.

* TheCavalry: Averted. The sailors of Northmour's yacht, the ''Red Earl'', arrive only after [[spoiler:the Carbonari have burned down the pavilion and killed Huddlestone]]. It is even pointed out in the story.

** Maybe understandable from a psychological standpoint. Clara has the choice between an arranged marriage to the rather unsympathetic Northmour and falling in love with a mysterious stranger who appears from seemingly out of nowhere to save her. Unsurprisingly, she chooses the latter. Cassilis, on the other hand, notes that he feels uncomfortable with Clara staying in Northmour's pavilion before even speaking to her. His love is, at least partially, fueled by his old rivalry with Northmour.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Played with. Cassilis and Clara fall in love pretty quickly after their first meeting. Of course, Cassilis has [[Main/RescueRomance just saved her life]], but still... On the other hand, Cassilis notes how he has [[Main/OldShame lied to Clara]] for the whole of their marriage about this. He told her that he fell in love with her the moment he first set eyes on her when he spied on the group's arrival. The truth is that it was to dark to even see her face.

* TheExile: It is Huddlestone's intention to become one. After his criminal misdeeds are revealed, he convinces Northmour to take him to the South Pacific with the remains of his ill-gotten gains in return for Clara's hand. Their plan is to hide out in the remote pavilion until Northmour's yacht is refitted and provisioned for the long journey. [[spoiler:It doesn't work out that way.]]

** Though it is clear from the beginning of the story that Clara [[Main/ForegoneConclusion will end up with Cassilis.]]

** However, it is clear from the beginning of the story that Clara [[Main/ForegoneConclusion will end up with Cassilis.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMafia]]: Averted. While the [[spoiler:Carbonari are Italians]] who do not refrain from killing people, they are not criminals but [[spoiler:freedom fighters.]] Their reputation, however, is [[Main/TheDreaded still terrible enough]] to frighten even the otherwise fearless Northmour.

* LastNameBasis: While Northmour repeatedly adresses Cassilis as "Frank", Cassilis never uses anything but Northmours last name. In fact, we never learn more than the first initial of his first name: R.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Huddlestone]] acts like a coward for most of the story, risking [[spoiler:his daughter's life]] and fainting when confronted with danger. Yet in the end, [[spoiler:he decides to sacrifice himself for her sake, redeeming himself in the narrator's eyes.]]