A good many dinners were not completed, yet, but no matter, they could be eaten cold, after the battle; therefore everybody crowded forth to see.

This was not a love duel, but a "satisfaction" affair.

These two students had quarreled, and were here to settle it.

They did not belong to any of the corps, but they were furnished with weapons and armor, and permitted to fight here by the five corps as a courtesy.

Evidently these two young men were unfamiliar with the dueling ceremonies, though they were not unfamiliar with the sword.