I thought of the sandwiches, Tom, but could say nothing.
"Are you less his greatest enemy on earth, sir?" cried he, passionately.
"Now listen to me patiently, my Lord," said I. "I 'll be as brief as I can, for both our sakes. I don't value it one rush whether I go out with your friend or not. If you want a proof of what I say, step into the little garden here and I 'll give it to you. I 'm neither boasting nor bloodthirsty, when I say that I know how to stand at either end of a pistol; but there's nothing to fight about between us."
"Oh, if you renew that line of argument," cried he, interrupting me, "It is totally impossible I can listen."
"And why not?" said I. "Is it a greater satisfaction to your friend to believe himself injured and dishonored than to know that he is neither one nor the other?"
"Then why did you come away with her?"
"I can't tell," said I, for my head was quite confused with all the discussion.
"And why call yourself by my name at Ems?"
"I cannot tell."
"Nor what do you mean by the attitude in which I found you when I entered the room?"