Love at first sight
This passage is describing the way Armand fell in love, in the same way everyone in his family fell in love. It describes the love as being shot by a pistol which shows that it happens immediately the first time they see the person that they are falling in love with.
<span>The tone of the final words of the speaker is ominous. He is implying that the duchess is dead without outright saying she is thus. From a certain point of view, it could even be argued that he implies that he may have had a hand in the duchess' smiles stopping.</span>
How is he now?
I hope he’s better
Yes. They became friends bc of food and wealth I actually don’t know
The answer is D. Olivia’s decision to mourn her brother and not marry for seven years.