In the heat of the moment, M.le Marquis gave you, in the hearing of half a score of people, an assignation for to-morrow morning.

News of the affair will spread rapidly through Blois, and it is likely there will be no lack of spectators on the green to witness the encounter.

Therefore, as my friend thinks this will be as unpalatable to you as it is to him, he has sent me to suggest a fresh rendezvous." "Pooh, sir," I answered lightly.

"I care not, for myself, who comes.
I am accustomed to a crowd.

Still, since M.de St.Auban finds it discomposing, let us arrange otherwise." "There is yet another point.