And so, sir, you would allow bureaucrats to dictate your honour?

Were the choice mine, and I will remind you that by some Codes Duello it is, I would scorn the use of firearms and engage you with the small sword, the weapon of gentlemen. Of course, since it is the weapon of the gentleman I am certain that is why you scorn it.

And there are certain venues, even in Britain, where such a contest might be waged.

I will, if you wish, undertake to thrash you within an inch of your life. But I must, in all fairness, warn you that I have trained with both Captain Fairbairn and Captain Sykes and thus I cannot be responsible for what may happen to you if we engage mano a mano.