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For several minutes they tussled, at times it looked as if they were engaged in an aggressive form of dancing.  The only sound in the courtyard were the soft slaps of their bodies bumping against each other.
They were in a tight clinch when Lydia spoke for the first time since the fight had started: "You fight well Louisa or is it Celeste?  You are the girl I fought in London, aren't you?"