[The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy]@TWC D-Link bookThe Elusive Pimpernel CHAPTER XII: Time--Place--Conditions 19/24
"Are you satisfied with the weapons? Which of the two shall be yours, and which mine ?" "Of a truth, Sir Percy..." murmured Chauvelin, still hesitating. "Nay, Monsieur," interrupted Blakeney with pleasant bonhomie, "I know what you would say...
of a truth, there is no choice between this pair of perfect twins: one is as exquisite as the other....
And yet you must take one and I the other...
this or that, whichever you prefer.... You shall take it home with you to-night and practise thrusting at a haystack or at a bobbin, as you please...
The sword is yours to command until you have used it against my unworthy person...
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