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Miss Gray led the way into the great resource for idleness in a country house, the billiard-room, where a first-rate Melbourne-made table had elicited the praises of even Mr. Ellerton, who had tried many of the best private and public tables in England.
"Can you play, Mr. Henderson?" asked Edith.