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there are probably two points:

1.petkoff tells that they would not allow for a fair stand-up fight.

2.he suppose soldering to be taken as a trade like any other trade.

bluntschli was making fun of  sergius indirectly

or may be he intended to explain that sergius wasnt able to control his horse.

(this might not be the appropriate answer..just an assumption)

though and although do not come in between

Mother asked Sunita what she had bought from the market, she replied that she had bought a dictionary.