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Chapter 3

           Heisnotafraid,that’sclear;thatsortneverfunks!H’m!champagne!Thatwasaninterestingitemofnews,atallevents!Twelvebottles!Dearme,that’saveryrespectablelittlestockindeed!IbetanythingLebedefflentsomebodymoneyondepositofthisdozenofchampagne.Hum!he’sanicefellow,isthisprince!Ilikethissortofman.Well,Ineedn’tbewastingtimehere,andifit’sacaseofchampagne,whythere’snotimelikethepresent!”

           Thattheprincewasalmostinafeverwasnomorethanthetruth.Hewanderedabouttheparkforalongwhile,andatlastcametohimselfinalonelyavenue.Hewasvaguelyconsciousthathehadalreadypacedthisparticularwalkfromthatlarge,darktreetothebenchattheotherendaboutahundredyardsaltogetheratleastthirtytimesbackwardsandforwards.

           Astorecollectingwhathehadbeenthinkingofallthattime,hecouldnot.Hecaughthimself,however,indulginginonethoughtwhichmadehimroarwithlaughter,thoughtherewasnothingreallytolaughatinit;buthefeltthathemustlaugh,andgoonlaughing.

           ItstruckhimthattheideaoftheduelmightnothaveoccurredtoKelleralone,butthathislessonintheartofpistol-loadingmighthavebeennotaltogetheraccidental!“Pooh!nonsense!”hesaidtohimself,struckbyanotherthought,ofasudden.“Why,shewasimmenselysurprisedtofindmethereontheverandah,andlaughedandtalkedabouttea!Andyetshehadthislittlenoteinherhand,thereforeshemusthaveknownthatIwassittingthere.

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