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I will not permit it; I agree to pistols, but you shall shoot

from a distance neither longer nor shorter than across the bear's

hide; with my own hands as second I will stretch the hide of the

bear on the ground, and I myself will station you. You shall

stand on one side, at the end of the snout, and you at the

tail.'-'Agreed,' they shouted; 'the time?'-'To-morrow.'-'The

place?'-'The Usza tavern.'-They parted. But I set to reading

Virgil."