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`` Your request is unusual , '' said Major Olivier , `` but it will be granted . How do you propose to conduct such a duel ? The terms lie with you . '' `` Sabres , '' said I. `` And I will take you in order of seniority , beginning with you , Major Olivier , at five o'clock . I will thus be able to devote five minutes to each before the assembly is blown . I must , however , beg you to have the courtesy to name the place of meeting , since I am still ignorant of the locality . '' They were impressed by my cold and practical manner .