 Biographer Robert Chandler writes, “As for dueling, Pushkin seems to have shown more bravado than ever; on one occasion he arrived with a hatful of cherries, eating them while his opponent took the first shot”.After his opponent Zubov missed, Pushkin walked off without taking his shot.In "The Shot", the Count begins to eat a hatful of cherries in the middle of the duel, angering Silvio.