handed it to you, with your reason for returning it.

2. If the note received be in abusive terms, object to its reception,
and return it for that reason; but if it be respectful, return an
answer of the same character, in which respond correctly and openly to
all interrogatories fairly propounded, and hand it to your friend,
who, it is presumed, you have consulted, and who has advised the
answer; direct it to the opposite party, and let it be delivered to
his friend.

3. You may refuse to receive a note, from a minor, (if you have not
made an associate of him); one that has been posted; one that has been
publicly disgraced without resenting it; one whose occupation is
unlawful; a man in his dotage and a lunatic. There may be other cases,
but the character of those enumerated will lead to a correct decision
upon those omitted.

If you receive a note from a stranger, you have a right to a
reasonable time to ascertain his standing in society, unless he is
fully vouched for by his friend.

4. If a party delays calling on you for a week or more, after the
supposed insult, and assigns no cause for the delay, if you require
it, you may double the time before you respond to him; for the wrong
cannot be considered aggravated; if borne patiently for some days, and
the time may have been used in preparation and practice.

Second's Duty of the Party Receiving a Note Before Challenge Sent.

1. When consulted by your friend, who has received a note requiring