we met by appointment, he to defend, I to punish his conduct. We returned unwounded, and the meeting, therefore, never got abroad.” Elinor sighed over the fancied necessity of this; but to a man and a soldier she presumed not to censure it.
Marianne, with her more-romantic sensibility, might see this duel somewhat differently.
At least Marianne might modify her own views about Brandon's rheumatisms!
However, the duel was probably not fought with swords but with pistols.
