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me a second time in your life, and I shall
look upon it as the highest offence you can offer
me, if you do not fire this very instant, He
then fired at me, but did not touch me; He
threw his Pistol upon the Ground, begging me
with the greatest earnestness to be satisfied
with what had passed; no, said I to him, I
shall not be so, till you shall have fired and
hit me to some purpose. upon this he took the
second Pistol which snapped flashed in the Pan as the first had
done, He then threw that upon the ground,
saying, you see that Fate interposes and will
not let you suffer any more by me. "Prince,
said I, you offend me more than you percieve, fire
and fire to purpose, it is my determined
resolution that you shall; his Second then
presented a Pistol to him, with which he fired
at me and missed me. My dear Count, said he
to me, are you now satisfied. yes, said I to
him; the manner in which you have acted
to day is as noble as it is honourable; I am
satisfied, and I forget every thing that has
passed. upon which we were sincerely
reconciled to Each other.
This, Sir, is a succinct Abridgement of the
whole that has passed upon the occasion.
The Prince, from the first moment, testified the
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