PART SIX

COLLISION

(March 29–April 9, 1861)

IF THE INSULT BE OF A SERIOUS CHARACTER, IT will be the duty of the second of the challenger, to say, in reply to the second of the challengee: “We have been deeply wronged, and if you are not disposed to repair the injury, the contest must continue.” And if the challengee offers nothing by way of reparation, the fight continues until one or the other of the principals is hit.

—The Code Duello