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It so happened that Ben Lethbridge, probably satisfied that it was not the / fist of a baby which had partially blackened both of his eyes, and / produced a heavy pain under his left ear, did not demand the satisfaction / which was needed to heal his wounded honor. The matter was duly discussed / in the tent of Tom's mess; but our soldier boy, while he professed to be / entirely satisfied, was willing to meet Ben at such time and place as he / desired, and finish up the affair.
The other party was magnanimous, and declared that he too was satisfied; / and old Hapgood thought they had better proceed no further with the / affair, for both of them might be arrested for disorderly conduct.