Col. If he comes——! (Threatens him.)
Pul. After all, I am a man—I remember the saying; for necessity teaches one many things.
Col. Oh! bravo! You have kept your word, and come in time.
Pul. Listen, Colbrand. If you want to fight, I am quite ready; but you must tell me, first, how long you have learnt fencing.
Col. What does that matter?
Pul. It matters to me.
Col. Five years.
Pul. I have been learning for ten. I don’t want to take a mean advantage of you; go and take lessons five years more, and then come, and I’ll give you satisfaction.
Col. Ah! you coward!
Pul. Ah! get out of the way!