Her husband, full of holiday spirits and energy, answers her in a sentence of mingled reproof and determination, which forms a perfect anagram of the words of his wife, and describes his feelings and action. Can you recast the letters?

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No. XXI.—IN A BILLIARD-ROOM

At the moment when a burly and keen player was in this strange and striking attitude,

a bystander whispered to the marker, “Eh! what a stout player is striking!”

Can you, using exactly the same letters, put into the mouth of the marker a reply appropriate to the position?

[Solution]

13. A SAUCY MAIDEN