Captain Paul by Alexandre Dumas

Be angry as You will, it shall have scope; Ah, Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb That carries anger, as the flint bears fire Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, And straight is cold again. And from henceforth When you are over earnest with your brother, He'll think your mother chides, and leave you so. Shakespeare

Our readers will perhaps have been surprised, that after the violent manner in which Paul had insulted Lectoure the day before, a meeting had not been appointed for the following morning; but Lieutenant Walter, who had been commissioned to regulate the conditions of the duel, together with Count d'Auray, had received from his commander directions to make every concession, saving on one point, and this was, that Paul would not meet Lectoure until the afternoon.