"Bravo, Dick!"
"Bravo, Dick!" cried Austin. "Most dramatically done."
"I never knew you were such an actor," said Viviette.
Dick stood panting, his hand on the hilt of the sword, the point on the floor.
"I really do think I've had enough," said Katherine.
"No, not yet," he said in a thick voice. "I've not shown you half yet. I've something much more interesting."
"But, Dick--"
Viviette interrupted her. "You must stay. It's only beginning to be exciting. If you only do the rest as beautifully as you did that, Dick, I'll stay here all day."
Dick, with a curious outward calm, contrasting with the fury of his mock encounter, put down the sword and went to the end of the table, where the case of pistols lay.
"At any rate, I must show you," said he, "the famous duelling pistols."