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-- how , and in what manner ? '' said Alice , in surprise . `` It is my duty , as a subject , to do anything -- anything that may become my father 's daughter '' -- Here she stopped , considerably embarrassed . `` Yes , '' continued the Doctor , `` to-morrow he hath made an appointment -- an appointment with Markham Everard ; the hour and place are set -- six in the morning , by the King 's Oak . If they meet , one will probably fall . '' `` Now , may God forefend they should meet , '' said Alice , turning as suddenly pale as she had previously reddened . `` But harm can not come of it ; Everard will never lift his sword against the King . ''