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English
1868
I won, with four unbroken out of seven; I think William suffered from over anxiousness. I WON WITH FOUR UNBROKEN OUT OF SEVEN I THINK WILLIAM SUFFERED FROM OVER ANXIOUSNESS
olumes on the subject, with his portrait and autograph as a frontispiece and an appendix on the habits of the Arctic mussel. It was in the evening that we cast aside the cares and distractions of the day and really lived. Cards were thought to be too frivolous and empty a way of passing the time, so most of them played what they called a book game. You went out into the hall--to get an inspiration, I suppose--then you came in again with a muffler tied round your neck and looked silly, and the others were supposed to guess that you were "Wee MacGreegor." I held out against the inanity as long as I decently could, but at last, in a lapse of good-nature, I consented to masquerade as a book, only I warned them that it would take some time to carry out. They waited for the best part of forty minutes, while I went and played wineglass skittles with the page-boy in the pantry; you play it with a champagne cork, you know, and the one who knocks down the most glasses without breaking them wins.  HE HAD GIVEN HER TWO FAT VOLUMES ON THE SUBJECT WITH HIS PORTRAIT AND AUTOGRAPH AS A FRONTISPIECE AND AN APPENDIX ON THE HABITS OF THE ARCTIC MUSCLE IT WAS IN THE EVENING THAT WE CAST ASIDE THE CARES AND DISTRACTIONS OF THE DAY AND REALLY LIVED CARDS WERE THOUGHT TO BE TOO FRIVOLOUS AND EMPTY A WAY OF PASSING THE TIME SO MOST OF THEM PLAYED WHAT THEY CALLED A BOOK GAME YOU WENT OUT INTO THE HALL TO GET AN INSPIRATION I SUPPOSE THEN YOU CAME IN AGAIN WITH A MUFFLER TIED ROUND YOUR NECK AND LOOKED SILLY AND THE OTHERS WERE SUPPOSED TO GUESS THAT YOU WERE WE MAGRIGOR I HELD OUT AGAINST THE INANITY AS LONG AS I DECENTLY COULD BUT AT LAST IN A LAPSE OF GOOD NATURE I CONSENTED TO MASQUERADE AS A BOOK ONLY I WARNED THEM THAT IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO CARRY OUT THEY WAITED FOR THE BEST PART OF FORTY MINUTES WHILE I WENT AND PLAYED WINEGLASS SKITTLES WITH THE PAGE BOY IN THE PANTRY YOU PLAY IT WITH THE CHAMPAGNE CORK YOU KNOW THE ONE WHO KNOCKS DOWN THE MOST GLASSES WITHOUT BREAKING THEM WINS
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