Supposing it to consist of the queen of hearts, the jack of clubs, the eight of hearts, the nine of diamonds and the ace of clubs, they would be read thus: "Queen of hearts—the lady whose fortune is being told is or soon will be in a house—jack of clubs—where she will meet with a dark young man, who—eight of hearts—will entreat her assistance to forward his interests with a fair girl—nine of diamonds—he having met with delay and disappointment—ace of clubs—but a letter will arrive announcing the possession of money, which will remove all difficulties."
The third pack is "for those who do not expect it," and will be composed of four cards: the ten of hearts, the nine of clubs, eight of spades, and ten of diamonds: "The ten of hearts—an unexpected piece of good fortune and great happiness—nine of clubs—caused by an unlooked for legacy—eight of spades—which joy may be followed by a short sickness—ten of diamonds—the result of a fatiguing journey."
There now remains on the table only the card intended for "the surprise." This, however, must be left untouched, the other cards gathered up, shuffled, cut, and again laid out in three packs, not forgetting at the first deal to add a card to "the surprise." After the different packs have been duly examined and explained as before described, they must again be gathered up, shuffled, etc., indeed the whole operation repeated, after which, the three cards forming "the surprise" are examined, and supposing them to be the seven of hearts, the jack of clubs and the queen of spades, they are to be thus interpreted: "Seven of hearts—pleasant thoughts and friendly intentions—jack of clubs—of a dark young man—queen of spades—relative to a malicious dark woman, who will cause him much unhappiness."
DEALING THE CARDS BY FIVES
Shuffle the 32-card pack thoroughly and cut it twice with the left hand, placing the first cut face downward at the right hand and the second on the left.
Now take off the top card of the middle package and place it aside, and repeat the shuffling and cutting of the balance in a precisely similar manner, and again remove the top card of the middle package. Repeat shuffling, cutting and discarding until you have in this way taken out five cards. This done, examine if the Consultant be among the number of cards taken from the pack. If it be, shuffle the five cards well, and then deal them in a row, turning their faces up from right to left in this manner:
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
and proceed to read them from the same direction.