BY DOUGLAS GOLDRING Author of "Streets": a book of London Verses, "The Loire," "Ways of Escape," etc. "A clever and lifelike picture ... brightly written. A pleasant story and one to read."--_Ladies' Field._ "Is distinctly one to read, and as clever a novel as any to be found."--_Tatler._ "The combination of realistic style and romantic substance is quite piquant."--_Westminster Gazette._ * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [1] The Lezghins are among the medley of mountain tribes living in Daghestan and part of the Terek province. These mountaineers of the Eastern Caucasus are nearly all Sun'i Mohammedans. [2] One of Russia's bravest and greatest generals in the war with Napoleon, 1812. [3] Roman Catholic priests are so called in Lithuania and Poland. [4] _Schtoss_ is a sort of Russian hazard. [5] Yuri = George. [6] _Roubashka_ (blouse). [7] The official newspaper of the Russian Army. [8] Professional floor-polisher. [9] A town and "government" in East Russia. [10] Corresponds to the Swedish _smörgåsbord_, and consists of a number of cold dishes and delicacies. [11] A national dish in Russia, consisting of a sort of buckwheat porridge baked in the oven in fire-proof earthen vessels, which are put on the table. [12] In the time of Nicholas, sons of soldiers quartered or garrisoned in certain districts. They were liable to be called on to serve. [13] An old Slavonic character (l'schiza), only occurring in the Russian Bible and Ritual. [14] Nickname for Little Russians on account of their curious habit of cutting and fashioning their hair into a tuft (_khokhol_) on the crown. [15] An affectionate diminutive of George. [16] Sliva is the Russian for plum. [17] Arshin = 2·33 feet. [18] Pet name for Alexandra. [19] A light jacket worn in the hot weather. [20] The name given to Ivan the Terrible's lifeguards and executioners. [21] _Chinóvnik_, Russian word for official. [22] Ivan Milostivni, one of the innumerable saints of the Greek Church. [23] The allusion is to the double eagle in the arms of Russia. [24] _Vobla_ is a kind of fish of the size of Prussian carp, and is caught in the Volga. [25] _Au revoir._ [26] Untranslatable pun on the two last syllables of _svidánia_; Dania means Denmark, _Schvezia_, Sweden. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: Agamalov-Biek Biek-Agamalov=> {pg 9} Nikolaiev=> Nikoläiev {pg 37} Vladimir Yefimovisch=> Vladimir Yefimovich {pg 51} Nikkoläiev=> Nikoläiev {pg 61} Nasanski stuck his hands in his pocket=> Nasanski stuck his hands in his pockets {pg 70} they call me Koval=> they call me Kovál {pg 228} Yuri Alekseich,=> Yuri Alexeich, {pg 267} by the name mysterious "benefactor"=> by the same mysterious "benefactor" {pg 295} non-commisioned=> non-commissioned {pg 362} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Duel, by A. I. Kuprin