Anyone who refuses to leave prison simply because they are having too much fun playing billiards would be considered something more than just a diehard fan. Yet that is exactly what a Captain Mingaud did during the French Revolution. Granted, Mingaud was not only playing billiards, he was busy revolutionizing the game.

要是有人因为太爱打台球而不肯出狱，那他们绝对不只是球痴而已。而在法国大革命时期，敏高德上尉正是一个顽固的台球迷。他不仅玩台球，还忙着改革这项运动。

(短文节选,本期开始连载：台球的沿革)