One character in this novel tricks the protagonist into meeting Carola Grandison by telling him his father has apoplexy. The protagonist of this novel is horsewhipped by Giles Blaize for shooting a pheasant on his property, after which the protagonist bribes Tom Bakewell to burn down Blaize's hayricks. The protagonist's love interest is sent off to school to separate the couple; they eventually marry, but he leaves her and their unborn child, and she later dies of shock and brain fever when her husband is wounded in a duel with the man who tried to seduce her, Lord Mountfalcon. The protagonist's cousin Clare is in love with him and dies wearing his wedding ring, which he had presumed lost.  
One character in this novel tricks the protagonist into meeting Carola Grandison by telling him his father has apoplexy. The protagonist of this novel is horsewhipped by Giles Blaize for shooting a pheasant on his property, after which the protagonist bribes Tom Bakewell to burn down Blaize's hayricks. The protagonist's love interest is sent off to school to separate the couple; they eventually marry, but he leaves her and their unborn child, and she later dies of shock and brain fever when her husband is wounded in a duel with the man who tried to seduce her, Lord Mountfalcon. The protagonist's cousin Clare is in love with him and dies wearing his wedding ring, which he had presumed lost.  The protagonist of this work grows up with Ripton Thompson under the care of Adrian Harley, who has been instructed to sequester the boy from society, but eventually the plan fails and he falls in love with Lucy Desborough. For ten points name this tragicomic novel in which Sir Austin attempts to prohibit his son from having sex until age 25, a novel by George Meredith.
One character in this novel tricks the protagonist into meeting Carola Grandison by telling him his father has apoplexy.
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