George's Plan to Smooth Things Over

Pushkin receives a letter from someone in George's inner circle that infuriates him. So he challenges George to a duel on November 4th, 1836. The fight is delayed for two weeks, then it's canceled. Less than two weeks after the original duel challenge, George asks Natalia's sister, E. Katarina, to marry him. And they're married less than a month later.