Dinner.

[Sir C]

Would it have made anything better really, though? Look how you've both moved on to giving one another friendly dining tips. So much better than the unpleasant memories fisticuffs would have engendered.

Besides, striking people in public houses is surely beneath your dignity?

Good Lord, one would never have engaged in such activities within the confines of a public house! It is customary in these instances to proffer the invitation, 'Aaaahtside, nah!'

I suppose I had just reached the age where my old mantra of 'standing up for right, whatever the consequences' had become dulled by maturity.

I became, in short, half a man, and half a man I remain. (Probably a quarter now.)