"I will now put my second question," continued my inquisitor.
"Well, what is your second question?"
"Is it permissible to use the unarmed hand to parry and put aside your
opponent's blade?"
"Oh! that is a very serious matter, which I did not mean to pass over
in silence. But it involves the consideration of several points,
which would perhaps take us too far to-night. Suppose we leave it for
to-morrow."
"Then we adjourn until to-morrow," said the Comte de C.
And so we broke up.
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