Now you must insist, and insist absolutely, on the duel coming off after seven tomorrow, so as to give me the chance of preventing him from catching the 7.45 for Paris.
If he misses that he misses his crime.

He can't refuse to meet you on such a small point of time and place.

But this is what he will do.

He will choose a field somewhere near a wayside station, where he can pick up the train.

He is a very good swordsman, and he will trust to killing me in time to catch it.