He gave me a cold bow.
"I have settled everything with this gentleman, but I would beg of you, sir, to reconsider your choice of arms.

My friend will doubtless be ready enough to humour you, but you have picked a barbarous weapon for Christian use." "It's my only means of defence," I said.
"Then you stick to your decision ?" "Assuredly," said I, and, with a shrug of the shoulders, he departed.
I did not attempt to sleep.

Faulkner told me that we were to meet the next morning half an hour after sunrise at a place in the forest a mile distant.

Each man was to fire one shot, but two pistols were allowed in case of a misfire.

All that night by the light of a lamp I got my weapons ready.