"Oh! yes, yes, we must hope so! With what weapons do you fight?"
"Swords."
"Ah! Saint-Bergame chose that weapon, of course. I have often heard him boast of his fine swordsmanship."
"I struck him, so he had the choice of weapons."
"True; but are you a good fencer?"
"I know how to defend myself."
"We will see about that."
She left me and went into her dressing-room, whence she soon returned with a pair of buttoned foils and handed one to me.
"Let us see, my friend, if you really know how to defend yourself," she said.