"I saw him once with reference to a monument I put up at Saint Louis des Francais." "He told me of it," said Dorsenne.

"For one of your relatives, was it not ?" "Oh, a distant cousin," replied Florent; "one Captain Chapron, killed in 'forty-nine in the trenches before Rome." "Now, to our business," cried Dorsenne, rubbing his hands.

"It is Montfanon who must be your second.

First of all, he is an experienced duellist, while I have never been on the ground.

That is very important.
You know the celebrated saying: 'It is neither swords nor pistols which kill; it is the seconds.'....