Enoch had to admit it was a fine bit of transfiguration though really Miss Gore's retaliating shield was so poor one might have as easily taken her out with a soap bubble. On the ground she snuffled indignantly and Enoch hoped this would teach the debutante her lesson when it came to duelling - Miss Fisk might be a tartar but at least she barely had a reputation to lose.

"Miss Fisk takes the first round," he announced as he returned Miss Gore to her proper state. "Miss Gore, if your nerves are settled then you may begin the next."

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