lay them in their
allotted places, as also any other suitable cards.

You next proceed to form marriages in a descending line with the cards
of the square, subject to Rule I. As usual, great judgment must be
exercised in making these changes, lest cards underneath should be
blocked by a sequence of higher cards of the same suit. If this were to
occur in two packets, _i.e._, if in both cases sequences, say, of
diamonds blocked lower cards of the same suit, success would be
impossible.

_Note._--If after dealing the square two kings of one suit were found
to be blocking two smaller cards of that suit, either the whole must be
taken up and re-dealt, or one king must be slipped underneath.

You now proceed to play out the rest of the cards, those that are not
suitable for the foundations or for the sequences of the square being
placed in a talon.

There is no re-deal.

This game may be also played as follows:

Deal out a square of twelve _single_ cards, then deal the rest of the
pack as usual, the cards that are suitable being played on the
foundations or married (in descending line) to those on the square,
ready to be transferred to the foundations, the rest placed in a talon,
and vacancies filled in the usual manner.

[Illustration: THE CONSTITUTION.]

THE CONSTITUTION

Two Entire Packs of Cards

RULES

I. The foundations are formed exclusively from the "Privy Council." All
cards in the other divisions, pack, or talon must ascend through each
division till they reach the top before they can be played.

II. Cards in the three lower divisions may be placed in sequence on
cards in the next division above them, and in this manner they may be
transferred from one division to another till they reach the top.

III. When cards are placed in sequence in the "Constitution," the top
card only of each sequence is available until its removal releases the
one beneath.

IV. All sequences must be of alternate colors and in descending
line--_i.e._, a red nine on a black ten, then a black eight, a red
seven, and so on. Any number of cards may be so placed.

V. Each vacancy must be _at once_ filled by a card from the division
immediately below it; and as this rule applies equally to all the
rows, a vacancy will thus be caused in the lowest row or "People,"
which must be filled from the talon, or, when there is no talon, from
the pack.

VI. The foundations must follow suit.

PLAY

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