Senator Ranc, who was Colonel Picquart's second, stopped the fight, but as it was found that his principal had not been touched, the combat continued.

A very sharp encounter ensued, in which Colonel Henry was wounded in the elbow, and the duel terminated." After which, the stretcher and the band.

In lurid contrast with this delicate flirtation, we have this fatal duel of day before yesterday in Italy, where the earnest Austrian duel is in vogue.

I knew Cavalotti slightly, and this gives me a sort of personal interest in his duel.

I first saw him in Rome several years ago.