human
How do you expect me to agree to anything with this gentleman? He talks some language I never heard before, and looks all the time as if he meant to fire at me.
gpt
Look you, monsieur le comte, said Albert,
human
I fancy that we can arrange matters better than our seconds can. Let us stand thirty paces apart; we will each walk forward ten paces when your second claps his hands, and fire when we please. Is that satisfactory to you?
gpt
Perfectly.
human
I will take my place.--Tobie, count off thirty paces, starting from here.
gpt
You want to fight, do you? he said to himself;
human
Nobody knows what may happen! Unskilful men have been known to shoot their seconds, but I don't suppose they'll aim at the ground.