"Humph! — They would have shut us up!" said Mr. Herder, shrugging his shoulders.
"In your rooms?"
"No — not exactly; — in the fortress. At Munich the punishment for being found out, is eight years in the fortress; — at ozer places, four or five years; — yet they will fight."
"How many Universities have you been in, Mr. Herder?" said
Rose.
"I have been in seven, of Universités in Europe."
"Fighting duels in all of them!"
"Well, yes; — no, there was one where I did fight no duel. I was not there long enough."
"Mr. Herder, I am shocked! I wouldn't have thought it of you."
"The bracelet, Mr. Herder, I believe is yours," said Rufus.
"Mine?" — said the naturalist.