Remark (Trick 8).—Well played by A. He can count B's hand. The ten of diamonds is marked in Y's hand, so B has two diamonds and three hearts. Therefore B must have had four hearts originally, and as it is not the game to put on knave, second hand, with four, holding less than three honours (see Trick 3 and Analysis of Play of Second Hand, p. [85]), B must hold both king and queen of hearts.
Tricks 9 to 13.—B leads king, queen of hearts, to which A discards clubs. A makes his three trumps, and
AB score three by cards and two by honours.
THE HANDS.
(A's hand is given above.)
| Y's Hand. | B's Hand. | Z's Hand. | |||
| Kg, 6, 4, 3 | ♠ | 9, 2 | ♠ | 10, 5 | ♠ |
| 10, 9, 6, 5 | ♥ | Kg, Qn, Knv, 4 | ♥ | 8, 3, 2 | ♥ |
| Kg | ♣ | Qn, 10 | ♣ | Ace, Knv, 8, 6, 5, 2 | ♣ |
| 10, 9, 5, 4 | ♦ | Ace, Qn, 8, 3, 2 | ♦ | Kg, Knv | ♦ |
At Trick 7, Z does not lead his original fourth-best, as great strength in trumps is declared against him. (See Appendix A.)
At Trick 8, Y's play is difficult. He might have noticed that his best chance of winning the game is for A to hold only winning hearts and a losing club; and this being so, Y should not lead a diamond.