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Knightly figures in bidding tale and a bridge hand
Oswald and James Jacoby recount a bridge hand with Galahad South bidding one notrump Mordred North, Dinadan West raises two hearts and Lancelot ends three notrump. Gala leads clubs, Mordred ducks, Gala wins with clubs and hearts, finishing with a five club game and rubber. The piece notes a club finesses and a double by West, and mentions an Idaho reader asking if a card is cursed called the nine of diamonds, a tale with no fixed origin.
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Hearts
Lancelot
Dinadan
Galahad
Dummy
Mordred
West
Idaho
Scotland