Theme # 39: Duel


Even as he fell to the floor, Samson Wiblin had a look of total disbelief on his face. It was hard to believe that a woman, a woman, had defeated him. Him, the Samson Wiblin, the superb favourite to win the All-England Duelling Competition, 1430.


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Two years later, Samson Wiblin was still not satisfied. He had yet to gain a victory over Alberta Toothill, to wipe out the humiliation of her excellently-executed Blasting Charm, and the embarrassment and discomfiture it had caused him, back then.

The problem was, she seemed to get the better of him, every time.