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`` M. de Montrésor , '' I said presently , `` your kindness impels me to set a further tax upon your generosity . '' `` That is , Monsieur ? '' `` Bid your men fall back a little , and I will tell you . '' He made a sign to his troopers , and when the distance between us had been sufficiently widened , I began : `` There is a man at present across the river , yonder , who has done me no little injury , and with whom I have a rendezvous at nine o'clock to-night at St. Sulpice des Reaux , where our swords are to determine the difference between us . I crave , Monsieur , your permission to keep that appointment . '' `` Impossible ! '' he answered curtly .