What is she fighting for? She wants boring men to leave her alone and let her read books. <3

Best reason to duel ever. And yes, if not for his misogyny and his regarding her as his romantic rival, Fritz could have totally sympathized. Mind you, do we really want to encourage him to fight duels? Émilie might have been content with just disarming her opponent, but Fritz? I fear it would end in him first writing a pamphlet about why duels are old fashioned and stupid, and then proceeding to slicing up the first person who makes the mistake of accepting a challenge.

Trufax: Lehndorff, with the usual WTF? of disbelief while watching as a groundling, notes in the middle of the Voltaire vs Maupertuis (vs Fritz) disaster, that Maupertuis challenged Voltaire to a duel. Not one of wits, a real fencing duel.