"Then you have heard the latest news?"
"Not if it is fresh to-day."
"An hour old. There has been a second duel between our Louis and Lecour. What a pity!"
"A pity? it is an infernal outrage! Another duel? Oh, my God!"
"Lecour became impatient——"
"Impatient, forsooth!"
"And exclaimed among his companions that Léry——"
"Curse his insolence!"
"That Léry's family were skin-merchants."
"The pig and scoundrel! he shall sting for this. Why do you hold yourself so calm, Répentigny, when your family is insulted?"