"The queen of spades, who remains alone, is the widow endeavoring to
injure you, and finds herself deserted by all her friends."
The cards that have been in use are now gathered up and shuffled and
cut with the left hand. They are then made into three packs by dealing
one to the left, one to the middle, and one to the right; a fourth is
laid aside to form "a surprise." Then the cards are continued to be
dealt to each of the three packs in turn until their number is
exhausted, when it will be found that the left hand and middle packs
contain each five cards, while the one on the right hand consists of
only four.
The person consulting is now asked to select one of the three packs.
Supposing this to be the middle one, and that the cards comprising it
are the jack of diamonds, the king of diamonds, the seven of spades,
the queen of spades, the seven of clubs; recollecting the previous
instructions regarding the individual and the supposed relative
signification of the cards, they may be easily interpreted as follows:
"The jack of diamonds--a fair young man possessed of no delicacy of
feeling, seeks to injure--the king of diamonds--a fair man in
uniform--seven of spades--and will succeed in causing him some
annoyance--the queen of spades--at the instigation of a spiteful
woman--seven of clubs--but by means of a small sum of money matters
will be easily arranged."
The left hand pack is next taken up, which is "for the house" the
former one having been for the lady herself.
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."