Note 25 — LECTURE IV. —— DISCARDING, AND ITS DIFFICULTIES. ——
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Will he?
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”
And you can hope anything you like, if you don’t mind the subsequent disappointment: First, he has to see it, and after you have got over that difficulty, if he only holds two small cards in that suit, and has a tenace in the other—according to my experience—he will lead his own. With king singly guarded in your suit, instead of being delighted to play it, wild horses are powerless to drag it from him.