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After tea the old lady asked the visitors into the drawing-room, and again sat down in her old place.
"But would you not like to rest, Count? " she asked. "Then how could we entertain you, my dear guests? " she continued, after receiving an answer in the negative. "Do you play cards, Count? There now, brother, you should arrange something; make up a party -- "