Don't be uneasy; we shall be masters of the field in a couple of days." That it was that a stupid point of honor had more influence over Max than sound policy.

When Flore got home she shut herself up to cry at ease.

During the whole of that day gossip ran wild in Issoudun, and the duel between Philippe and Maxence was considered inevitable.
"Ah! Monsieur Hochon," said Mignonnet, who, accompanied by Carpentier, met the old man on the boulevard Baron, "we are very uneasy; for Gilet is clever with all weapons." "Never mind," said the old provincial diplomatist; "Philippe has managed this thing well from the beginning.

I should never have thought that big, easy-going fellow would have succeeded as he has.

The two have rolled together like a couple of thunder-clouds." "Oh!" said Carpentier, "Philippe is a remarkable man.