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CHAPTER VIII The Great French Duel
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Much as the modern French duel1 is ridiculed2 by certain smart people, it is in reality one of the most dangerous institutions of our day. Since it is always fought in the open air, the combatants are nearly sure to catch cold. M. Paul de Cassagnac, the most inveterate3 of the French duelists, had suffered so often in this way that he is at last a confirmed invalid4; and the best physician in Paris has expressed the opinion that if he goes on dueling5 for fifteen or twenty years more—unless he forms the habit of fighting in a comfortable room where damps and draughts6 cannot intrude—he will eventually endanger his life. This ought to moderate the talk of those people who are so stubborn in maintaining that the French duel is the most health-giving of recreations because of the open-air exercise it affords. And it ought also to moderate that foolish talk about French duelists and socialist-hated monarchs7 being the only people who are immortal9.
But it is time to get at my subject. As soon as I heard of the late fiery10 outbreak between M. Gambetta and M. Fourtou in the French Assembly, I knew that trouble must follow. I knew it because a long personal friendship with M. Gambetta revealed to me the desperate and implacable nature of the man. Vast as are his physical proportions, I knew that the thirst for revenge would penetrate12 to the remotest frontiers of his person.
I did not wait for him to call on me, but went at once to him. As I had expected, I found the brave fellow steeped in a profound French calm. I say French calm, because French calmness and English calmness have points of difference.
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duel
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| n./v.决斗;(双方的)斗争 | |
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| v.嘲笑,嘲弄,奚落( ridicule的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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inveterate
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| adj.积习已深的,根深蒂固的 | |
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invalid
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dueling
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| n. 决斗, 抗争(=duelling) 动词duel的现在分词形式 | |
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draughts
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| n. <英>国际跳棋 | |
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monarchs
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monarch
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immortal
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hip
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penetrate
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debris
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bent
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obloquy
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winced
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| 赶紧避开,畏缩( wince的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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apparently
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exclamation
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brotherhood
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exigencies
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obituary
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inevitable
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spoke
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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sarcastically
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disinterested
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countenance
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alacrity
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ascertained
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cartridges
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concession
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reluctance
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slaughter
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unnatural
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sublimity
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| 崇高,庄严,气质高尚 | |
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bass
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| n.男低音(歌手);低音乐器;低音大提琴 | |
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| n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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offset
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stupor
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accomplice
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swell
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| vi.膨胀,肿胀;增长,增强 | |
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duels
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overloading
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labor
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hack
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followers
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