This sneaking out of the town was ridiculous after the heroic introduction to La Belle Stamboulane.

He examined a pair of pistols which the host had generously presented him with, when, after the restless night, he rose with the dawn, and he determined to use them if assailed.

It is the inoffensive, quiet man who works most mischief when roused--nothing so terrible even to the wolves as the sheep gone mad.

The student, having dipped his hand in blood, was now eager to be attacked on the highway by a company of unrepentant Von Sendlingens.
This was no mood, however, in which to start on a journey of possible peril.

Rebecca did not appear at the breakfast table.