Whether or not I kill my man will depend upon his behaviour.

I love not slaughter for its own sake, but there be those whose jaunty insolence rouses the devil within me; and then I strike and spare not." "And for what cause do men fight duels ?" asked Tom.
"The question is a wide one, and smacks of innocence on your part, Tom.

Generally a woman is the cause; but there be other matters too--wounded self-esteem or vanity, revenge, envy, evil passions of all sorts.

But, egad, in these days it takes little to provoke the combat! Why, it is but a few months ago that two young sparks met in mortal conflict because, forsooth, one of them had declared that Venus was the goddess of love and beauty, whilst the other affirmed that it was Aphrodite!" and Lord Claud leaned back upon his pillows and laughed aloud; laughing still more when he found that he had to explain to Tom the nature of the confusion which had prompted the duel.
Time was fast flying as the two oddly-assorted comrades talked, and soon the valet appeared at the door with the perruquier in his wake, informing his master that several gentlemen waited below, and that all was in readiness for the morning toilet.
"Heigh-ho!" sighed the young exquisite.

"Why can we not rise from our couches like the beast of the field, give ourselves a shake, and be ready for the day's work?
These levees are the bane of my life.