Note 27 — THE LAWS OF WHIST. BY PERMISSION, VERBATIM FROM THE CLUB CODE. THE FOOT NOTES ARE ADDED BY THE AUTHOR.

i.e., the penalty of calling a suit must be exacted from whichever of them next first obtains the lead. It follows that if the player who leads out of turn is the partner of the person who ought to have led, and a suit is called, it must be called at once from the right leader. If he is allowed to play as he pleases, the only penalty that remains is to call the card erroneously led.