Peregrine artfully foments1 a Quarrel between Pallet and the Physician, who fight a Duel2 on the Ramparts.
The painter betook himself to the house of the Flemish Raphael, and the rest of the company went back to their lodgings3; where the young gentleman, taking the advantage of being alone with the physician, recapitulated4 all the affronts5 he had sustained from the painter’s petulance6, aggravating7 every circumstance of the disgrace, and advising him, in the capacity of a friend, to take care of his honour, which could not fail to suffer in the opinion of the world, if he allowed himself to be insulted with impunity8, by one so much his inferior in every degree of consideration.
The physician assured him, that Pallet had hitherto escaped chastisement9, by being deemed an object unworthy his resentment10, and in consideration of the wretch’s family, for which his compassion11 was interested; but that repeated injuries would inflame12 the most benevolent13 disposition14. And, though he could find no precedent15 of duelling among the Greeks and Romans, whom he considered as the patterns of demeanour, Pallet should no longer avail himself of his veneration16 for the ancients, but be punished for the very next offence he should commit.
Having thus spirited up the doctor to a resolution from which he could not decently swerve17, our adventurer acted the incendiary with the other party also; giving him to understand, that the physician treated his character with such contempt, and behaved to him with such insolence18, as no gentleman ought to bear: that, for his own part, he was every day put out of countenance19 by their mutual20 animosity, which appeared in nothing but vulgar expressions, more becoming shoe-boys and oyster-women than men of honour and education; and therefore he should be obliged, contrary to his inclination21, to break off all correspondence with them both, if they would not fall upon some method to retrieve22 the dignity of their characters.
These representations would have had little effect upon the timidity of the painter, who was likewise too much of a Grecian to approve of single combat, in any other way than that of boxing, an exercise in which he was well skilled, had they not been accompanied with an insinuation, that his antagonist23 was no Hector, and that he might humble24 him into any concession25, without running the least personal risk. Animated26 by this assurance, our second Rubens set the trumpet27 of defiance28 to his mouth, swore he valued not his life a rush, when his honour was concerned, and entreated29 Mr. Pickle30 to be the bearer of a challenge, which he would instantly commit to writing.
The mischievous31 fomenter32 highly applauded this manifestation33 of courage, by which he was at liberty to cultivate his friendship and society, but declined the office of carrying the billet, that his tenderness of Pallet’s reputation might not be misinterpreted into an officious desire of promoting quarrels. At the same time, he recommended Tom Pipes, not only as a very proper messenger on this occasion, but also as a trusty second in the field. The magnanimous painter took his advice, and, retiring to his chamber34, penned a challenge in these terms:—
“Sir,— When I am heartily35 provoked, I fear not the devil himself; much less — I will not call you a pedantic36 coxcomb37, nor an unmannerly fellow, because these are the hippethets of the vulgar; but, remember, such as you are, I nyther love you nor fear you; but, on the contrary, expect satisfaction for your audacious behaviour to me on divers38 occasions; and will, this evening, in the twilight39, meet you on the ramparts with sword and pistol, where the Lord have mercy on the soul of one of us, for your body shall find no favour with your incensed40 defier till death,
“Layman Pallet.”
This resolute41 defiance, after having been submitted to the perusal42, and honoured with the approbation43 of our youth, was committed to the charge of Pipes, who, according to his orders, delivered it in the afternoon; and brought for answer, that the physician would attend him at the appointed time and place. The challenger was evidently discomposed at the unexpected news of this acceptance, and ran about the house in great disorder44, in quest of Peregrine, to beg his further advice and assistance; but understanding that the youth was engaged in private with his adversary46, he began to suspect some collusion, and cursed himself for his folly47 and precipitation. He even entertained some thoughts of retracting48 his invitation, and submitting to the triumph of his antagonist: but before he would stoop to this opprobrious49 condescension50, he resolved to try another expedient51, which might be the means of saving both his character and person. In this hope he visited Mr. Jolter, and very gravely desired he would be so good as to undertake the office of his second in a duel which he was to fight that evening with the physician.
The governor, instead of answering his expectation, in expressing fear and concern, and breaking forth52 into exclamations54 of “Good God! gentlemen, what d’ye mean? You shall not murder one another while it is in my power to prevent your purpose. I will go directly to the governor of the place, who shall interpose his authority”;— I say, instead of these and other friendly menaces of prevention, Jolter heard the proposal with the most phlegmatic55 tranquility, and excused himself from accepting the honour he intended for him, on account of his character and situation, which would not permit him to be concerned in any such rencontres. Indeed, this mortifying56 reception was owing to a previous hint from Peregrine, who, dreading57 some sort of interruption from his governor, had made him acquainted with his design, and assured him, that the affair should not be brought to any dangerous issue.
Thus disappointed, the dejected challenger was overwhelmed with perplexity and dismay; and, in the terrors of death or mutilation, resolved to deprecate the wrath58 of his enemy, and conform to any submission59 he should propose, when he was accidentally encountered by our adventurer, who, with demonstrations60 of infinite satisfaction, told him in confidence, that the billet had thrown the doctor into an agony of consternation61; that his acceptance of his challenge was a mere62 effort of despair, calculated to confound the ferocity of the sender, and dispose him to listen to terms of accommodation; that he had imparted the letter to him with fear and trembling, on pretence63 of engaging him as a second, but, in reality, with a view of obtaining his good offices in promoting a reconciliation64; “but, perceiving the situation of his mind,” added our hero, “I thought it would be more for your honour to baffle his expectation, and therefore I readily undertook the task of attending him to the field, in full assurance that he will there humble himself before you, even to prostration65. In this security, you may go and prepare your arms, and bespeak66 the assistance of Pipes, who will squire67 you in the field, while I keep myself up, that our correspondence may not be suspected by the physician.” Pallet’s spirits, that were sunk to dejection, rose at this encouragement to all the insolence of triumph; he again declared his contempt of danger, and his pistols being loaded and accommodated with new flints, by his trusty armour68-bearer, he waited, without flinching69, for the hour of battle.
On the first approach of twilight, somebody knocked at his door, and Pipes having opened it at his desire, he heard the voice of his antagonist pronounce, “Tell Mr. Pallet that I am going to the place of appointment.” The painter was not a little surprised at this anticipation70, which so ill agreed with the information he had received from Pickle; and his concern beginning to recur71, he fortified72 himself with a large bumper73 of brandy, which, however, did not overcome the anxiety of his thoughts. Nevertheless, he set out on the expedition with his second, betwixt whom and himself the following dialogue passed, in their way to the ramparts.
“Mr. Pipes,” said the painter, with disordered accent, “methinks the doctor was in a pestilent hurry with that message of his.”—“Ey, ey,” answered Tom, “I do suppose he longs to be foul74 of you.”—“What,” replied the other, “d’ye think he thirsts after my blood?”—“To be sure a does,” said Pipes, thrusting a large quid of tobacco in his check, with great deliberation. “If that be the case,” cried Pallet, beginning to shake, “he is no better than a cannibal, and no Christian75 ought to fight him on equal footing.” Tom observing his emotion, eyed him with a frown of indignation, saying, “You an’t afraid, are you?”—“God forbid,” replied the challenger, stammering76 with fear; “what should I be afraid of? The worst he can do is to take my life, and then he’ll be answerable both to God and man for the murder. Don’t you think he will?”—“I think no such matter,” answered the second; “if so be as how he puts a brace77 of bullets through your bows, and kills you fairly, it is no more murder than if I was to bring down a noddy from the main top-sail yard.”
By this time Pallet’s teeth chattered78 with such violence, that he could scarce pronounce this reply: “Mr. Thomas, you seem to make very light of a man’s life; but I trust in the Almighty79. I shall not be so easily brought down. Sure many a man has fought a duel without losing his life. Do you imagine that I run such a hazard of falling by the hand of my adversary?”—“You may or you may not,” said the unconcerned Pipes, “just as it happens. What then? Death is a debt that every man owes, according to the song; and if you set foot to foot, I think one of you must go to pot.”—“Foot to foot!” exclaimed the terrified painter: “that’s downright butchery; and I’ll be d — before I fight any man on earth in such a barbarous way. What! d’ye take me to be a savage80 beast?” This declaration he made while they ascended81 the ramparts.
His attendant perceiving the physician and his second at the distance of a hundred paces before them, gave him notice of their appearance, and advised him to make ready, and behave like a man. Pallet in vain endeavoured to conceal82 his panic, which discovered itself in a universal trepidation83 of body, and the lamentable84 tone in which he answered this exhortation85 of Pipes, saying, “I do behave like a man; but you would have me act the part of a brute86. Are they coming this way?” When Tom told him that they had faced about, and admonished87 him to advance, the nerves of his arm refused their office, he could not hold out his pistol, and instead of going forward, retreated with an insensibility of motion; till Pipes, placing himself in the rear, set his own back to that of his principal, and swore he should not budge88 an inch farther in that direction.
While the valet thus tutored the painter, his master enjoyed the terrors of the physician, which were more ridiculous than those of Pallet, because he was more intent upon disguising them. His declaration to Pickle in the morning would not suffer him to start any objections when he received the challenge; and finding that the young gentleman made no offer of mediating89 the affair, but rather congratulated him on the occasion, when he communicated the painter’s billet, all his efforts consisted in oblique90 hints, and general reflections upon the absurdity91 of duelling, which was first introduced among civilised nations by the barbarous Huns and Longobards. He likewise pretended to ridicule92 the use of firearms, which confounded all the distinctions of skill and address, and deprived a combatant of the opportunity of signalizing his personal prowess.
Pickle assented93 to the justness of his observations; but, at the same time, represented the necessity of complying with the customs of this world, ridiculous as they were, on which a man’s honour and reputation depend: so that, seeing no hopes of profiting by that artifice94, the republican’s agitation95 became more and more remarkable96; and he proposed, in plain terms, that they should contend in armour, like the combatants of ancient days; for it was but reasonable that they should practise the manner of fighting, since they adopted the disposition of those iron times.
Nothing could have afforded more diversion to our hero than the sight of two such duellists cased in iron; and he wished that he had promoted the quarrel in Brussels, where he could have hired the armour of Charles the Fifth, and the valiant97 Duke of Parma, for their accommodation; but as there was no possibility of furnishing them cap-a-pie at Antwerp, he persuaded him to conform to the modern use of the sword, and meet the painter on his own terms; and suspecting that his fear would supply him with other excuses for declining the combat, he comforted him with some distant insinuations, to the prejudice of his adversary’s courage, which would, in all probability, evaporate before any mischief98 could happen.
Notwithstanding this encouragement, he could not suppress the reluctance99 with which he went to the field, and cast many a wishful look over his left shoulder, to see whether or not his adversary was at his heels. When, by the advice of his second, he took possession of the ground, and turned about with his face to the enemy, it was not so dark, but that Peregrine could perceive the unusual paleness of his countenance, and the sweat standing45 in large drops upon his forehead; nay100, there was a manifest disorder in his speech, when he regretted his want of the pila and parma, with which he would have made a rattling101 noise, to astonish his foe102, in springing forward, and singing the hymn103 to battle, in the manner of the ancients.
In the meantime, observing the hesitation104 of his antagonist, who, far from advancing, seemed to recoil105, and even struggle with his second, he guessed the situation of the painter’s thoughts, and, collecting all the manhood that he possessed106, seized the opportunity of profiting by his enemy’s consternation. Striking his sword and pistol together, he advanced in a sort of trot107, raising a loud howl, in which he repeated, in lieu of the Spartan108 song, part of the strophe from one of Pindar’s Pythia, beginning with ek theon gar makanoi pasai Broteais aretais, etc. This imitation of the Greeks had all the desired effect upon the painter, who seeing the physician running towards him like a fury, with a pistol in his right hand, which was extended, and hearing the dreadful yell he uttered, and the outlandish words he pronounced, was seized with a universal palsy of his limbs. He would have dropped down upon the ground, had not Pipes supported and encouraged him to stand upon his defence. The doctor, contrary to his expectation, finding that he had not flinched109 from the spot, though he had now performed one half of his career, put in practice his last effort, by firing his pistol, the noise of which no sooner reached the ears of the affrighted painter, than he recommended his soul to God, and roared for mercy with great vociferation.
The republican, overjoyed at this exclamation53, commanded him to yield, and surrender his arms, on pain of immediate110 death; upon which he threw away his pistols and sword, in spite of all the admonitions and even threats of his second, who left him to his fate, and went up to his master, stopping his nose with signs of loathing111 and abhorrence112.
The victor, having won the spolia opima, granted him his life, on condition that he would on his knees supplicate113 his pardon, acknowledge himself inferior to his conqueror114 in every virtue115 and qualification, and promise for the future to merit his favour by submission and respect. These insolent116 terms were readily embraced by the unfortunate challenger, who fairly owned, that he was not at all calculated for the purposes of war, and that henceforth he would contend with no weapon but his pencil. He begged with great humility117, that Mr. Pickle would not think the worse of his morals for this defect of courage, which was a natural infirmity inherited from his father, and suspend his opinion of his talents, until he should have an opportunity of contemplating118 the charms of his Cleopatra, which would be finished in less than three months.
Our hero observed, with an affected119 air of displeasure, that no man could be justly condemned120 for being subject to the impressions of fear, and therefore his cowardice121 might easily be forgiven: but there was something so presumptuous122, dishonest, and disingenuous123, in arrogating124 a quality to which he knew he had not the smallest pretension125, that he could not forget his misbehaviour all at once, though he would condescend126 to communicate with him as formerly127, in hopes of seeking a reformation in his conduct. Pallet protested, that there was no dissimulation128 in the case; for he was ignorant of his own weakness, until his resolution was put to the trial: he faithfully promised to demean himself, during the remaining part of the tour, with that conscious modesty129 and penitence130 which became a person in his condition; and, for the present, implored131 the assistance of Mr. Pipes, in disembarrassing him from the disagreeable consequence of his fear.
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