up with the fortune-hunting Sir Lucius in the opening night version of the play; presumably, because he is broke.

He'd certainly learn a lot of vocabulary if he married her!

The introductory essay in Barron's Educational Series version of the play edited by Vincent F. Hopper and Gerald B. Lahey of New York University:

"[i]By the time the combatants are supposed to have arrived at their ground, David alarms the whole town, while Mrs. Malaprop, Lydia, Sir Anthony, Mr. Fualkland, and Julia Melville with constables, &c., soon after arrive, and prevent the fatal effects of a duel by a general eclairisement, [b]which terminates the comedy by the old aunt's giving her hand to Sir Lucius[/b], and the marriage of Captain Absolute with Miss Languish.[/i]"