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T is not much over an hour 's ride to the city . '' `` That we 'll do with pleasure , '' assented O'Hara . `` Go on with the discussion , then , while I speak to the landlord , '' remarked Jack , rising and passing to the kitchen . `` We wish a dinner for six , '' he informed the publican , `` by three o'clock '' Then in a low voice he continued : `` And hark you ! One thing I wish done that is peculiar . Give us such whiskey as we call for of thy best , with lemons and sugar , but in place of hot water in the kettle , see to it that as often as it is replenished , it be filled with thy newest and palest rum . Understand ? ''