"It will do to-morrow.... We will arrange all; it has only been
postponed."

"You say that to console me," said the Marquis, "but I know it was very
badly managed. And it is my fault! Perhaps we shall have no other
service to render our brave Chapron than to arrange a duel for him under
the most dangerous conditions. Ah, but I became inopportunely angry!....
But why the deuce did Gorka select such a second? It is
incomprehensible!.... Did you see what the cabalistic word gentleman
means to those rascals: Steal, cheat, assassinate, but have carriages
perfectly appointed, a magnificent mansion, well-served dinners, and fine
clothes!.... No, I have suffered too much! Ah, it is not right; and on
what a day, too? God! That the old man might die!".... he added, in a
voice so low that his companion did not hear his words.