He stepped forward and looked about the quadrangle.

"I am afraid the moon will occasion us some delay," he said.

"It were perhaps better to wait some five or ten minutes, by then the light in here should have improved." "We can avoid the delay by stepping out into the open," said Sir Terence.

"Indeed it is what I had to suggest in any case.

There are inconveniences here which you may have overlooked." But Samoval, who had purposes to serve of which this duel was but a preliminary, was of a very different mind.
"We are quite private here, your household being abed," he answered, "whilst outside one can never be sure even at this hour of avoiding witnesses and interruption.