Don Juan 04-040
Canto the Fourth

 XL

"Young man, your sword;" so Lambro once more said:
 Juan replied, "Not while this arm is free."
The old man's cheek grew pale, but not with dread,
 And drawing from his belt a pistol, he
Replied, "Your blood be then on your own head."
 Then look'd close at the flint, as if to see
'T was fresh -- for he had lately used the lock --
And next proceeded quietly to cock.

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron (1788-1824) 
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