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Thread #98490   Message #1953167
Posted By: Little Hawk
31-Jan-07 - 01:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Sport v. Classical v. Historical Fencing
Subject: RE: BS: Sport v. Classical v. Historical Fencing
Wow! Those are the best 2 classic dueling stories I've ever heard and ever hope to. Fantastic.

Antoinette de Maupin sounds like a more than worthy predecessor to the formidable Penelope Rutledge and her one-time deadly adversary, Angelique Forget of Paris, who are rumoured to have dueled with foils at a villa in Spain after a series of sharp disagreements over men and general protocol. They were both wounded, Mademoiselle Forget quite seriously, but both recovered, fortunately. Ms Rutledge carried a visible scar on her cheek for a year or so afterwards, then had it fixed with expensive plastic surgery.