"Thinkst thou so?" answered Rupert, with a keen glance at the handsome and soldierly figure of the young man.  "Now, sir, I warrant you know by experience that a broadsword is a good enough thing to have in your fist on the field of battle; but, the war over, 'tis neither fit for a lady's chamber nor for a courtier's duello; 'tis but a commodity of rusty iron to fling in the lumber-room."