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After tea, the old lady invited her guests into the other room, and again sat down in her usual place. "But perhaps you would like to rest, count? " she asked. "Well, then, what would you like to amuse yourselves with, my dear guests? " she proceeded to ask after she had been assured to the contrary. "You play cards, do you not, count? -- Here, brother, you might take a hand in some game or other. ".
"Why, you yourself can play _preference_," replied the cavalryman. "You had better take a hand, then. The count will play, will he not? And you?"