ground under the last two
rules, and in such case it cannot be made again._

CASE.--A having already roqueted B's ball, can he decline the run? If he
does the hit is no roquet, and no point has been made.

CASE.--A runs a bridge and roquets a ball. The two balls rest in such
relative positions that A can roquet the same ball back through the
bridge. Can he, after doing this, re-run the bridge? Not on that tour;
for if he continues his tour, the second hit must have been a roquet;
the roquet on the first blow must have been declined; therefore the
bridge could not have been declined. Or, if the bridge was declined, the
first hit was a roquet and the second no point; therefore his tour is at
an end.

43. _A roquet made and declined may be made again during the same tour,
although the right to re-roquet has not been acquired, and when so made
it constitutes a point._

The first hit was not a roquet if really declined. (See Rule 45.) A ball
may be hit and moved by concussion before a roquet as well as after one.
Thus if a step on the round and a roquet be made on the same blow, the
player may at once croquet the roqueted ball, or roquet it again
immediately or after other roquets. Not croqueting the ball is evidence
enough of having declined, as there could never be any advantage in
declining the croquet and not the roquet, if it can properly be
declined.

44. _A ball making ricochet--that is, roqueting several balls on the
same blow--may croquet them all in the order of the roquets._

Any one of the roquets may be declined and made again after croqueting
the other balls in their proper order. Not croqueting is sufficient
evidence of declining; but if none are croqueted, and the ball is not
moved to the side of any one, the player must declare which he means to
decline. As soon as a step on the round is made, it no longer makes any
difference whether a roquet was declined or not.

CASE.--A ball makes roquet on two balls simultaneously. Can it croquet
them both? Yes, and the player should have the option of either order.

45. _A roquet is not declined if it is made the ground for continuance
of tour, croquet, or playing from the side of the roqueted ball; and in
such case the same ball cannot be roqueted again during the same tour
until the right to re-roquet has been acquired._

46. _A ball running the last bridge by a direct blow of the mallet must
be carried to the spot and played from thence as a rover, unless