Severian muses over the value of monomachy, then goes to his duel. He argues with Agia who doesn't want to announce him, but ends up doing it cruelly. He duels and seems to lose, but when he stands up his opponent flees.
Location: The Sanguinary Field
Characters: Severian, Agia, Dorcas, the hipparch.
Words: hylas, graisle
hyla -a type of large tree toad
graisle - a trumpet used in signaling.