"What are you driving at, Dobbin?" his interlocutor said, uneasy and with a scowl. "I suppose no Briton's afraid of any d---- Frenchman, hey?"
"I only mean, that before we go, and considering the great and certain risk that hangs over every one of us--if there are any differences between you and George--it would be as well, sir, that--that you should shake hands: wouldn't it? Should anything happen to him, I think you would never forgive yourself if you hadn't parted in charity."

"What are you driving at, Dobbin?" Osborne said, with an uneasy scowl. "I suppose no Briton's afraid of any d___ d Frenchman, hey?"
"I only mean that before we go, if there are any differences between you and George - it would be as well, sir, that you should shake hands. Should anything happen to him, I think you would never forgive yourself if you hadn't parted in charity."
