Leonard Mallow met to settle their account in a secluded corner of Phoenix Park.

It was not the usual place for duels.

The seconds had taken care to keep the locale from the knowledge of the public; especially as many who had come to know of the event at the Breakneck Club were eager to be present.
The affair began an hour after sunrise.

Neither Dyck nor Leonard Mallow slept at home the night before, but in separate taverns near Phoenix Park.

Mallow came almost jauntily to the obscure spot.