7. If the party, to whom you present a note, employ a son, father or
brother, as a second, you may decline acting with either on the ground
of consanguinity.

8. If a minor wishes you to take a note to an adult, decline doing so,
on the ground of his minority. But if the adult complained of, had
made a companion of the minor in society, you may bear the note.

9. When an accommodation is tendered, never require too much; and if
the party offering the amende honorable, wishes to give a reason for
his conduct in the matter, do not, unless offensive to your friend,
refuse to receive it; by so doing you may heal the breach more
effectually.

10. If a stranger wishes you to bear a note for him, be well satisfied
before you do so, that he is on an equality with you; and in
presenting the note state to the party the relationship you stand
towards him, and what you know and believe about him; for strangers
are entitled to redress for wrongs, as well as others, and the rules
of honor and hospitality should protect him.

CHAPTER II.
The Party Receiving a Note Before Challenge.

1. When a note is presented to you by an equal, receive it, and read
it, although you may suppose it to be from one you do not intend to
meet, because its requisites may be of a character which may readily
be complied with. But if the requirements of a note cannot be acceded
to, return it, through the medium of your friend, to the person who