‘Any bastard can cowardly evade the issue by a flood of words.’ ‘You have said enough, sir,’ said Stephen, standing up. ‘Too much by far: you must withdraw.’ ‘I shall not withdraw,’ cried Jack, very pale. ‘And I will add, that when a man comes back from leave as brown as a Gibraltar Jew, and says he had delicate weather in Ireland, he lies. I will stand by that, and I am perfectly willing to give you any satisfaction you may choose to ask for.’ ‘It is odd enough,’ said Stephen, in a low voice, ‘that our acquaintance should have begun with a challenge, and that it should end with one.’
