that he has suffered me to become his debtor for.' 'Lame as he is, I'll kick him before twenty-four hours are over.' 'If you do, he'll shoot you like a dog, and it wouldn't be the first time he handled a pistol.

No, no, Master Dick.

Whether for better or worse, I can't tell, but the world is not what it was when I was your age.

There's no provoking a man to a duel nowadays; nor no posting him when he won't fight.

Whether it's your fortune is damaged or your feelings hurt, you must look to the law to redress you; and to take your cause into your own hands is to have the whole world against you.' 'And this insult is, then, to be submitted to ?' 'It is, first of all, to be ignored.