You were not right, not quite in the right, you were impetuous..." "Oh yes, it is horribly stupid," said Pierre.
"Then allow me to express your regrets, and I am sure your opponent will accept them," said Nesvitski (who like the others concerned in the affair, and like everyone in similar cases, did not yet believe that the affair had come to an actual duel).
" You know, Count, it is much more honorable to admit one's mistake than to let matters become irreparable.
There was no insult on either side.