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?
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?