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he answered , taking up my card . `` Since you desire me to kill you , I will do so with a perfect pleasure , but at my own time and place and -- '' Here he paused as he read my name , and stood a moment staring down at the pasteboard with that same faint pucker of the brow ; then he laughed suddenly and tossed my card to Captain Danby . `` Odd , Tom ! '' said he ; then turning to me , `` Mr. Vereker , I will meet you at the very earliest moment -- shall we say five o'clock to-morrow morning ? There is a small tavern called ` The Anchor ' a few miles along the Maidstone road , a remote spot very suitable for a little shooting . And now , sir , pray begone . I am occupied , as you see -- while my friends pour libations to Bacchus , I worship at the shrine of Venus . ''