“‘What do you propose,’ said he to my second—‘What do you propose to do, Major?’
“‘As there is neither blood drawn nor bone broken,’ said the Major, ‘I think that shot goes for nothing.’
“‘I agree with you,’ said Captain Codd.
“‘If your party will apologise,’ said Major Mug, ‘I’ll take my man off the ground.’
“‘Certainly,’ said Captain Codd, ‘you are quite right, Major, in asking the apology, but you know that it is my duty to refuse it.’
“‘You are correct, Captain,’ said the Major; ‘I then formally require that Ensign Brady apologise to Mr Burke.’
“‘I as formally refuse it,’ said Captain Codd.
“‘We must have another shot then,’ said the Major.
“‘Another shot, by all means,’ said the Captain.
“‘Captain Codd,’ said the Major, ‘you have shown yourself in this, as in every transaction of your life, a perfect gentleman.’