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Pierre 's pistol was levelled from the instant Shon moved ; but he did not use it . He rose on one knee after the violent fall , and pointing it at the other 's head , said coolly : `` I could kill you , my friend , so easy ! But it is not my whim . Till ten o'clock is not long to wait , and then , just here , one of us shall die . Is it not so ? '' The Irishman did not flinch before the pistol . He said with low fierceness , `` At ten o'clock , or now , or any time , or at any place , y 'll find me ready to break the back of the lies y 've spoken , or be broken meself .