Le Roi, dix, huit, neuf, valet, as, sept, dame.
Which means—
The king, ten, eight, nine, knave, ace, seven, queen.
In this, as well as in the preceding example, the cards are classed according to their suits, as above described; only, at the end of the rosary after the queen, instead of putting the suit which follows, for the king which comes after, they arrange so that the king and queen should be of the same suit. Were this not done, one would require four kings of spades, four tens of hearts, &c., &c. The following example will show what I mean:
Arrangement of a Rosary of Thirty-two Cards:
- 1. The king of spades.
- 2. The ten of hearts.
- 3. The eight of clubs.
- 4. The nine of diamonds.
- 5. The knave of spades.
- 6. The ace of hearts.
- 7. The seven of clubs.
- 8. The queen of diamonds.
- 9. The king of diamonds.
- 10. The ten of spades.
- 11. The eight of hearts.
- 12. The nine of clubs.
- 13. The knave of diamonds.
- 14. The ace of spades.
- 15. The seven of hearts.
- 16. The queen of clubs.
- 17. The king of clubs.
- 18. The ten of diamonds.
- 19. The eight of spades.
- 20. The nine of hearts.
- 21. The knave of clubs.
- 22. The ace of diamonds.
- 23. The seven of spades.
- 24. The queen of hearts.
- 25. The king of hearts.
- 26. The ten of clubs.
- 27. The eight of diamonds.
- 28. The nine of spades.
- 29. The knave of hearts.
- 30. The ace of clubs.
- 31. The seven of diamonds.
- 32. The queen of spades.
It must be remembered that, when the cards are thus arranged, however often the pack is cut, the order of the cards remains the same.
When a Greek has substituted a pack of cards, arranged à chapelet for another, and has made a false shuffle which does not alter them, he will easily know what cards his adversary holds, by looking at his own hand.
For example at Écarté, if he holds—