Should he make an attempt to escape from the vessel I shall riddle him with bullets." "Come, come," said Loge, "all this conversation is a waste of time!" "That is my opinion also," said Cleggett.
They saluted formally, and engaged their blades.
With Cleggett, swordsmanship was both a science and an art.

And something more.

It was also a passion.

A good swordsman can be made; a superior swordsman may be born; the real masters are both born and made.

It was so with Cleggett.