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Then he went to bed and to sleep . At six his second , who had slept but little , called him . They dressed hurriedly and prepared for the ride to the valley . Their own new English bull-dog revolvers were to serve as weapons in the coming combat , and a carriage was to be in waiting for them in a side street at seven o'clock . Before leaving their room they heard evidences of commotion in the hotel , and were apprehensive lest the inmates had learned of the duel and were making ready to follow the fighters to the appointed spot . There was a confusion of voices , the sound of rushing feet , the banging of doors , the noise increasing as the two men stepped into the open hall . They were amazed to see half-dressed men and women standing or running about the halls , intense excitement in their faces and in their actions .