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I left him there, satisfied that I had acted according to the laws of the duello, for he had drawn his sword before me, and if he had not been skilful enough to cover himself in good time, it was not, of course, my business to teach him. Towards the middle of August I left Paris with my brother. I had made a stay of two years in that city, the best in the world.
It was a lonely, dismal street, just wide enough for two men to stand upon their guard, and cross their swords; few persons ever traversed it, unless with some sinister design; and on any preconcerted duello, the seconds posted themselves at each end, to stop all passengers, and prevent interruption.
"You conducted your duello in odd style under Lums-den, surely," said I, "if you fought with powder and ball instead of steel, which is more of a Highlander's weapon to my way of thinking. All our affairs in the Reay battalion were with claymore sometimes with targe, sometimes wanting." "It was less a trial of valour than a wager about which had the better skill with the musket.
He's dropped his grit and is sarchin' for it." Goading laughter from the Harrisons. Each man waited for that single shot which would precipitate the fight. Even in their lawlessness the rude instinct of the duello swayed them.
What do you say? Shall we have it out? Pistols in the woods there. You've got all your infernal crew around you, you know. Well? What? You won't? By Jove!" Girasole's gesture showed that he declined the proposition. "Inglis milor," said he, with a venomous glitter in his eyes, "I sall haf youair life wis de pistol, but not in de duello. I sall blow your brain out myself."
In these, through four or five seasons of warfare, the Sheik and the Chasseur had encountered each other, till each had grown to look for the other's face as soon as the standards of the Bedouins flashed in the sunshine opposite the guidons of the Imperial forces; till each had watched and noted the other's unmatched prowess, and borne away the wounds of the other's home-strokes, with the admiration of a bold soldier for a bold rival's dauntlessness and skill; till each had learned to long for an hour, hitherto always prevented by waves of battle that had swept them too soon asunder, when they should meet in a duello once for all, and try their strength together till one bore off victory and one succumbed to death.
No doubt, I might have laughed at it, had I been a mere looker on herald or spectator; but, unfortunately, being a principal in this deadly duello a real wrestler in the backwoods arena the provocative to mirth was given in vain; and only served to heighten the solemnity of the situation.
For me, I'd liefer sit me here with Lady Catharine, who, I perceive, is about now to save my death of hunger, since now I see the tea tray coming. Thank thee prettily." Lady Catharine poured for him with a hand none too steady. "Sir Arthur," said she, "you know why I have this concern over such a quarrel. You know well enough what the duello has cost the house of Knollys.
It is well known that private broils or feuds of any kind are strictly forbidden by army regulations. The French manner of settling disputes or vindicating personal honor according to code duello was not countenanced by our military laws; still the hot blood and fiery temper of the proud South Carolinians could brook no restraint at this time when an affront was given or his honor assailed.
He laughed partly in surprise and partly in admiration, as he said, with seeming good humor: "Miss Black, you are a very charming young woman, and delightfully original and piquant in all your ideas; but you outrage all the laws that govern the duello. You know that, as the challenged party, I have the right to the choice of time, place and arms. I made that choice yesterday. I renew it to-day.
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