"Do you mean to stay in bed?"
"Yes."
"And miss the parade to-night?"
"I don't care for the old parade."
"Well, I do, and I'm going to see it."
"Will you see some newspaper reporters and state that I am very ill—dangerously ill—that I am dying. Do this favor for me, Frank. Colonel Vallier can't force a dying man to meet him in a duel."
"I am shocked and pained, professor, that you should wish me to tell a lie, even to save your life; but I'll see what I can do for you."