Cassius de Mornay recovered his dignity -- he had, after all, played Falstaff before raftsmen in his time. "You are not the only gambler here, sir. I am prepared to gamble that you have no intention of shooting me" -- and he stepped away from the levelled pistol -- "and also, that if one looked, one would find under your 19th century garb, the emblazoned chain mail of the Chevalier de Chat-Pied himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"