"On the other hand, if _you_ were to challenge _me_," Bart Stanton
continued, "would _that_ show courage?"
"Not really. Foolhardiness, stupidity, or insanity--not courage."
"Then neither of us can prove we have guts enough to fight the other. Can
we?"
Colonel Mannheim smiled grimly and said nothing, but Meyer, who evidently
had a great deal of respect for the colonel, said: "Now, wait a second!
That depends on the circumstances! If Colonel Mannheim, say, knew that
forcing you to shoot him would save someone else's life--someone more
important, say, or maybe a _lot_ of people, then--"