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A pipe, a final whisky and soda and a _tête-à-tête_ in the gunroom at the Great House was the usual way of ending an evening during the shooting season when Matresser was at home and the doctor one of the guests. The latter threw himself into an easy-chair and leaned back with a sigh of satisfaction as the door closed behind them.
"Cigar or cigarette?" his host enquired.