Pistols for Two (by Georgette Heyer)

In re-reading my Georgette Heyer novels, yet again, I realised that it had been twelve years since I last read her short story collection, ‘Pistols for Two’. I didn’t recall any of the stories before I started, and while I did remember the conclusions of some of them as I read, I have thoroughly enjoyed them once again.

The opening story, which gives its title to the book, is about two frustrated and angry young men who are going to fight a duel. Although close friends for most of their live...