22. A candidate, whether he has played or not, can join a table which is
not complete by declaring in at any time prior to any of the players having
cut a card, either for the purpose of commencing a fresh rubber or of
cutting out.
23. In the formation of fresh tables, those candidates who have neither
belonged to nor played at any other table have the prior right of entry;
the others decide their right of admission by cutting.
24. Any one quitting a table prior to the conclusion of a rubber may, with
consent of the other three players, appoint a substitute in his absence
during that rubber.
25. A player joining one table, whilst belonging to another, loses his
right of re-entry into the latter, and takes his chance of cutting in, as
if he were a fresh candidate.
26. If any one break up a table, the remaining players have the prior right
to him of entry into any other; and should there not be sufficient
vacancies at such other table to admit all those candidates, they settle
their precedence by cutting. {233}