Is it a duel, monsieur, where one of the combatants alone is armed?
For it amounts to that on a comparison of their measures of respective skill." "There has scarcely been a duel fought on which the same trumpery argument might not be advanced." "But not always with equal justice.

And in one case, at least, it was advanced successfully." "Successfully?
When was that ?" "Ten years ago, in Dauphiny.

I refer to the case of M.de Gesvres, a gentleman of that province, who forced a duel upon M.de la Roche Jeannine, and killed him.

M.de Jeannine was a member of a powerful family, which exerted itself to obtain justice.

It put forward just such arguments as now obtain against M.de La Tour d'Azyr.