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`` And since you are so civil , Captain , '' said Sir Bingo , `` why , I am sorry too -- only it would put the devil out of temper to lose so fine a fishing day -- wind south -- fine air on the pool -- water settled from the flood -- just in trim -- and I dare say three pairs of hooks have passed over my cast before this time ! '' He closed this elaborate lamentation with a libation of the same cordial which he had imparted to his companions ; and they returned in a body to the Hotel , where the transactions of the morning were soon afterwards announced to the company , by the following program : -- STATEMENT . `` Sir Bingo Binks , baronet , having found himself aggrieved by the uncivil behaviour of an individual calling himself Francis Tyrrel , now or lately a resident at the Cleikum Inn , Aultoun of St. Ronan 's ; and having empowered Captain Hector MacTurk to wait upon the said Mr. Tyrrel to demand an apology , under the alternative of personal satisfaction , according to the laws of honour and the practice of gentlemen , the said Tyrrel voluntarily engaged to meet the said Sir Bingo Binks , baronet , at the Buck-stane , near St. Ronan 's Burn , upon this present day , being Wednesday -- August . In consequence of which appointment , we , the undersigned , did attend at the place named , from one o'clock till two , without seeing or hearing any thing whatever of the said Francis Tyrrel , or any one in his behalf -- which fact we make thus publicly known , that all men , and particularly the distinguished company assembled at the Fox Hotel , may be duly apprized of the character and behaviour of the said Francis Tyrrel , in case of his again presuming to intrude himself into the society of persons of honour . `` The Fox Inn and Hotel , St. Ronan 's Well -- August 18 -- . -LRB- Signed -RRB- `` BINGO BINKS , HECTOR MACTURK , PHILIP WINTERBLOSSOM . '' A little lower followed this separate attestation : `` I , Quentin Quackleben , M.D. , F.R.S. , D.E. , B.L. , X.Z. , & c. & c. , being called upon to attest what I know in the said matter , do hereby verify , that being by accident at the Buck-stane , near St. Ronan 's Burn , on this present day , at the hour of one afternoon , and chancing to remain there for the space of nearly an hour , conversing with Sir Bingo Binks , Captain MacTurk , and Mr. Winterblossom , we did not , during that time , see or hear any thing of or from the person calling himself Francis Tyrrel , whose presence at that place seemed to be expected by the gentlemen I have just named . ''