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`` If they meet at the Balaklavan rendez -- What 's that word ? I ca n't remember , Captain Hardy , '' said Roy . `` Rendezvous . '' `` Well , if somebody is to meet at some place at nine o'clock , the place ca n't be in the Balkans -- not if the people who meet are the persons who received this message . '' `` You 're right , Roy . And they could n't meet in Europe , or even very far away in the United States , for , '' he continued , glancing at his watch , `` it is already long past luncheon time . '' `` Well , '' said Henry , `` there would n't be any sense in telling these spies about a meeting in the Balkans , anyway .