ART. 2. Agreed; provided all the parties can come and go at pleasure.
ART. 3. The said interview shall be conducted, generally, on philosophical and liberal principles.
ART. 4. Agreed; provided tobacco may be used at discretion.
ART. 5. That either party shall have the privilege of propounding questions, and either party the privilege of answering them.
ART. 6. Agreed; provided no one need listen, or no one talk, unless so disposed.
ART. 7. The attire of all present shall be conformable to the abstract rules of propriety and decorum.
ART. 8. Agreed; provided the bison-skins may be reefed, from time to time, according to the state of the weather.
ART. 9. The provisions of this protocol shall be rigidly respected.
ART. 10. Agreed; provided no advantage be taken by lawyers.
Lord Chatterino and myself pounced upon the respective documents like two hawks, eagerly looking for flaws, or the means of maintaining the opinions we had before advanced, and which we had both shown so much cleverness in supporting.