'Listen,'

I'd continue, 'if you respect me then don't fight in
my place. You know I run this door and you shouldn't fight
in here. Now do me a favour and leave it out.'
With this the fellow would walk back to his mates and tell
them how he was letting the guy off because Geoff
Thompson had asked him to do so as a personal favour to
him. That's the loophole: he doesn't really want to fight
anyway, so I'm giving him a way out, he just need
something that he could tell his mates.
Most people, despite their posturing and loud mouthing,
don't really want to be in a fight. Again the 95% Rule applies
95% of the people don't want to fight and if you give them a
half-decent reason not to, especially an honourable excuse,
then they'll take it.
Chapter Four