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Yet he requested the court to arrest Hackett, "him to detain in safe custody without baile or mainprize," in order to save himself from the risk of a personal attack. A similar case occurred in 1730, when Mr. Solomon White entered complaint in the Princess Anne County court against Rodolphus Melborne for challenging him "with sword and pistoll."
The court ordered the sheriff to arrest Melborne and to keep him in custody until he entered bond in the sum of 50 pounds as security for good behavior for twelve months. But though the Virginia gentleman, in the days when he still retained the prosaic nature of the merchant, frowned upon duelling, it was inevitable that in time he must become one of its greatest advocates.
Almost immediately he turned round, and his face was very grave. "Something has happened in here, I am afraid," he said. "Please come in quietly." On the bed lay Fluffy Dean, fully dressed motionless. One hand hung down toward the floor from the lifeless fingers a little phial had slipped. The room was full of trunks addressed to MISS SMITH, Passenger to Melborne. S.S. Caroline.
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