Make a point of getting in the Wit's way.
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From: Outshine your rivals
Is the Barbed Wit approaching the Beauty? Not if you have anything to do with it.
Challenge information
Narrow, 
4 (50% base)
- 6 - modest (70%)
- 7 - very modest (80%)
- 8 - low-risk (90%)
- 9 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
A helpful vicar
The Acclaimed Beauty is reserved, as always, but he is much in demand [...]
The Barbed Wit keeps glancing at the Beauty. [...] But whenever she approaches, you are there. [...] His greeting is formal, but is that something in his glance?
'Fascinating...' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
Seen with an Acclaimed Beauty has increased to 4!
Seen with a Barbed Wit is dropping… (-? CP) (if > 0)
You've gained 9 x Romantic Notion
Failure
Was that me?
How terribly clumsy of you! Of course, you had no idea that the Barbed Wit was standing behind your shoulder. Well, you did, but you didn't mean to send her sprawling over a gravestone.
A crowd gathers [...] The Acclaimed Beauty has gone. Damn.- Fascinating... is dropping… (-6 CP)
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)- Seen with a Barbed Wit has dropped to 2!
