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any material form, and have decided to ignore D.'s outbursts, or at the most refuse to notice them for what they are, and reply as if there had been no attempt at abuse. That seems to me the only way to avoid a show-down.
It won't avoid it permanently, but it should postpone it. Christo says, and I think that he is right, that the only way to deal with Dikaios is to put him squarely in his place, and make it perfectly clear to him that we are ready for a fight to the finish. He has, as I too now know, every reason in the world to be very much afraid of a real show-down. His record is not perfect, and there are many who would be glad to testify.
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