You have let the enemy know what he has to expect, and he is not one, I warn you, to be despised.

But whether you have been very wise or very foolish in declaring open war remains to be seen.' 'A week will show,' I answered.
He turned and looked at me.

'You take it coolly,' he said.
'I have been knocking about the world for forty years, marquis,' I rejoined.
He muttered something about Rosny having a good eye, and then stopped to adjust his cloak.

We were by this time in the street.

Making me go hand in hand with him, he requested the other gentlemen to draw their swords; and the servants being likewise armed and numbering half a score or more, with pikes and torches, we made up a very formidable party, and caused, I think, more alarm as we passed through the streets to Rambouillet's lodging than we had any reason to feel.