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`` So he came to see us . Was n't it good of him ? '' And Lily , whose slow brain was confused by an undefined something she could not understand , looked first at one and then the other . `` I wanted mam-ma to send for Mr. Brickhouse so we could play cards , but she would n't do it and went to bed by nine o'clock . Mam-ma never will play cards with Mr. Maxwell ; says he 's too good a player . But wo n't you come in some evening while he 's here , Mary , and play with us ? I 'll get five more people and that will make two tables .