XXVI
ACT IV, SCENES I AND II
1. We are going to fight with the swords I have here under my cloak. 2. I will not be one of your seconds; I should get into trouble with the law. 3. When a sword breaks, the combatant is in a fix, and the whole thing is spoilt. 4. «You sent me a note last night, here I am. What is it?» 5. «I am going on the field with a major.»—«You! nonsense!»—«What do you mean by[1] nonsense!» 6. When is this duel to come off?»—«We meet to-day at two o'clock and you must be my second.»—«Excuse me, I cannot. It is as much as my place is worth.» 7. Those[2] whom we have obliged may be asked to help us in the crises of our lives. 8. When you have paid him back all you owe him, you and he[3] will be quits.
[1: See Act III, Sc. III.] [2: Turn into the active.] [3: Insert another «you.»]