"I must go through with it."
"Have you sufficient force?"
"Pistols, yes—swordsmen, no...."
"Then you will fight with pistols?"
"No, I shall employ swords."
"Why do you arrange that?"
"It is a matter of sentiment, you see. I have twice fought with swords: twice I have pinked my enemy: I have only once fought with pistols, and, although my adversary shot very badly, and the bullet struck the ground six yards off me, yet it went through the calf of my leg."
"Will you have a few rounds with me?"
"If you do not mind."
"Come then."