II. Unless the dealer begin by giving two cards to each player in turn in the first round of the deal, and three in the second, or vice versa.
43. A misdeal does not lose the deal if during the dealing either of the adversaries touch the cards prior to the dealer's partner having done so. Should the latter have first interfered with the cards, notwithstanding either or both of the adversaries have subsequently done the same, the deal is lost.
44. If the adversaries interrupt a dealer while dealing, either by questioning the score or asserting that it is not his deal, and fail to establish such claim, should a misdeal occur he may deal again.
45. Should a player take his partner's deal and misdeal, the latter is liable to the usual penalties, and the adversary next in rotation to the player who ought to have dealt, then deals.
CARDS LIABLE TO BE CALLED.
46. All exposed cards are liable to be called, and must be left on the table; but a card is not an exposed card when dropped on the floor or elsewhere below the table.
The following are exposed cards:—
I. Two or more cards played at once.
II. Any card dropped face upwards, or in any way exposed on or above the table, even though snatched up so quickly that no one can name it.
III. The trump card if lifted from the pack.