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Before sunrise in a cold barn, an old second named Pryor opens a case of duelling pistols and reads the terms aloud to the two men who are going to use them. The code obliges him to ask three times whether the matter can be settled without a fire, and three times Ansell, who is twenty-two, and Rennick, who is not, decline. Pryor loads both pistols in front of both of them, paces out twelve, and gives Ansell the first fire on a coin. Ansell fires into the ground. Pryor states that the fire is spent and that Rennick's still stands, tells Ansell to keep his place, and says ready. Made with Moviengine AI.
