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Annette is very nervous, but she is still determined to put up a good fight.  Her mother was a strong willed Irish woman who had been known to beat a man with her bare fists, so Annette is not quite so abashed at the idea of fighting as Tanya imagines.
"I have put a small wager on you my love!" whispers her father.  "If you win you get 50 guineas, 10 from the Captain and 40 from me!"
"I don't care about the money father," she replies, "I just want to settle this issue with this creamy skinned minx!"