"You disgust me,[E] monsieur!"
"Do I, indeed? Gad! you are not to be pitied, in such weather as this. So you won't give her up?"
"What do you take me for, in God's name?"
"Then you agree to fight?"
"Go to the devil!"
"In that case, I must resort to decisive measures."
And Cherami, raising his switch, caused it to whistle about the count's ears, but without touching him; that manœuvring sufficed, however, to make Monsieur de la Bérinière straighten himself up and cry, in a furious rage:
"You are a villain, monsieur!"
"Aha! you're awake at last, are you?"
"You will give me satisfaction for this indecent behavior, monsieur!"