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Hyde was an excellent swordsht several duels; but he

was quite disconcerted by the deadly reality of Neil's attack In the

second thrust, his foot got entangled in a tuft of grass; and, in

evading a lunge ai hi backwards with

great dexterity, and thus escaped the probable death-blow But, as he

was bleeding from a wound in the throat, his second interfered, and

proposed a reconciliation Neil angrily refused to listen He declared

that he "had not colance

at the ribbon on Hyde's breast, he swore furiously, "He would h the body of any er"

Up to this point, there had been in Hyde's mind a latent disinclination

to slay Neil After it, he flung away every kind ht

was reneith an almost brutal impetuosity, until there ensued one of

those close locks which it was evident nothing but "the key of the body