I have some recollection, Wilson, that you had among your boys a lad named Cartwright, who showed some ability during the investigation.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
His reason for attempting this special line of business was that he had struck up an acquaintance with a consumptive tutor upon the voyage home, and that he had used this man’s ability to make the undertaking a success.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Merriam-Webster
— the quality or state of being able
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— the fact of being able to do something
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2 uses of ‘ability’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle