“He is a fool who gives up his life willingly at twenty-five. But, now I think of it——”
“Well.”
“M. de Bussy is sure to kill me.”
“I do not doubt it.”
“Then it will not be a duel, but an assassination.”
“Perhaps so.”
“And if it be, it is lawful to prevent an assassination by——”
“By?”
“A murder.”
“Doubtless.”