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Ian left much of Fort Myers Beach a flattened, unrecognizable ruin, and the Duello house saturated with seawater.

Cindy and Steve Duello had barely begun fulfilling their dream of retiring here.

“It won’t return in our lifetime,” Ms. Duello said, through tears.

“It was only 1,200 square feet, but it was our mansion,” said Ms. Duello, 68.

Technically, given the rules of the code duello, Burr should have felt obliged to accept Hamilton’s explanation as the equivalent of an apology.