"Yes, but it is so speedy," said M. d'Harville. "Click! and it is done!"
"Pray be cautious, D'Harville; these jokes are always so rash and dangerous; and accident happens in an instant," said M. de Lucenay.
"My dear fellow, do you think I would do so if it were loaded?"
"Of course not, but it is always imprudent."
"See, gentlemen, how it is done. You introduce the muzzle delicately between the teeth, and then—"
"How foolish you are, D'Harville, to place it so!" said M. de Lucenay.
"You place your finger on the trigger—" continued M. d'Harville.
"What a child! What folly at your age!"
"A small touch on the lock," added the marquis, "and one goes—"
As he spoke the pistol went off. M. d'Harville had blown his brains out.