"yes, and he gave me a fearful dig in the chest," cried the prince, still laughing. "what are we to fight about? i shall beg his pardon, that’s all. but if we must fight we’ll fight! let him have a shot at me, by all means; i should rather like it. ha, ha, ha! i know how to load a pistol now; do you know how to load a pistol, keller? first, you have to buy the powder, you know; it mustn’t be wet, and it mustn’t be that coarse stuff that they load cannons with it must be pistol powder.