The only Frenchman I ever beard of who did "a funny thing at "a duel was Sainte Beuve, who, having to fight ,qn a very rainy morning, persisted in holding an umbrella over his biad with bi? left hand. In vain did the seconds remonstrate with , him, arid tell him such conduct was out'of order. ' r, 'l don'tnrindbeingifshpt," said the great .critic,, •' butt I here to get wet;" and,he stood bia.adverhary's fire with .his, umbrella .waving , proudly over his head. A certain choleric commanding" officer was much annoyed the other day \>y .the clumsiness of* his battalion oh parade." ,He* gave vent to Iris 1 wrathi.by: exclaiming to his adjutant,-" D—n them, Mr Smjth, d —n tlieni !" to a distant presently returning, coolly said, * li I have/feir."
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 269, 14 February 1879, Page 2
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127Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 269, 14 February 1879, Page 2
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