"Stand and deliver!"
The young man threw his gloves sharply to the ground, his face not pale with fear but flushed. "Now see here, once was quite enough! If I'm to spend our entire married life proving myself at gunpoint then take it! Take it and shoot!"
He stripped a diamond ring from his finger and offered it, looking ready to shed hot tears.
The highwayman was altogether confused, undecided what course to take against such a madman.
His intended victim suddenly gawped, blushed, looked past him... "Oh."
...And the robber heard the click of Sovay's pistol at his back.