Cary used the buttoned foil with polished ease.

Rand's manner was less assured; there was something antique and laboured in his determined grasp at the amenities of the occasion.

It was the only heaviness.

To the other contest between them he brought an amazing sureness, a suppleness, power, and audacity beyond praise.

He directed his battle, and at his elbow Tom Mocket, sandy-haired and ferret-eyed, did him yeoman service.
At one o'clock there was an adjournment for dinner.