Sentence:  The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to <WSD>call</WSD> at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).