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he called to us, "no duels must be fought here, but least of all must you young students fight one. HE CALLED TO US NO DUELS MUST BE FOUGHT HERE BUT LEAST OF ALL YOU YOUNG STUDENTS FIGHT ONE
 and the figure seemed a welcome target for our pistol-practice. It was already late in the afternoon when we reached our improvised range, and our oak-stump cast a long and attenuated shadow across the barren heath. All was still: thanks to the lofty trees at our feet, we were unable to catch a glimpse of the valley of the Rhine below. The peacefulness of the spot seemed only to intensify the loudness of our pistol-shots--and I had scarcely fired my second barrel at the pentagram when I felt some one lay hold of my arm and noticed that my friend had also some one beside him who had interrupted his loading. Turning sharply on my heels I found myself face to face with an astonished old gentleman, and felt what must have been a very powerful dog make a lunge at my back. My friend had been approached by a somewhat younger man than I had; but before we could give expression to our surprise the older of the two interlopers burst forth in the following threatening and heated strain: "No! no! THE CHANNELS WE'D CUT AND THE FIGURE SEEMED A WELCOME TARGET FOR A PISTOL PRACTICE IT WAS ALREADY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN WE REACHED OUR IMPROVISED RANGE AND OUR OAK STUMP CAST A LONG ATTENUATED SHADOW ACROSS THE BARREN HEATH ALL WAS STILL THANKS TO THE LOFTY TREES AT OUR FEET WE WERE UNABLE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE BELOW THE PEACEFULNESS OF THE SPOT SEEMED ONLY TO INTENSIFY THE LOUDNESS OF OUR PISTOL SHOTS AND I HAD SCARCELY FIRED MY SECOND BARREL AT THE PENTIGRAM WHEN I FELT SOME ONE LAY HOLD OF MY ARM AND NOTICED THAT MY FRIEND HAD ALSO SOME ONE BESIDE HIM WHO HAD INTERRUPTED HIS LOADING TURNING SHARPLY ON MY HEELS I FOUND MYSELF FACE TO FACE WITH AN ASTONISHED OLD GENTLEMAN AND FELT WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY POWERFUL DOG MAKE A LUNGE AT MY BACK MY FRIEND HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY A SOMEWHAT YOUNGER MAN THAN I HAD BUT BEFORE WE COULD GIVE EXPRESSION TO OUR SURPRISE THE OLDER OF THE TWO INTERLOPERS BURST FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING THREATENING AND HEATED STRAIN NO NO
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