Now you’re sure?
I feel somewhat certain.
Oh, please do forgive me.
You’re in error?
Terribly decent of you.
I should know how!
Ah. Heh.
Yes
Of course.
I gather…
Yes?
I must say…
Oh?
Quite, but I don’t.
You’ll stay.
I will?
Thank you.
Abominable.
Abominable?
I live here!
Ah!
I was just…
You were just?
Let’s see, I was just…
Oh, oh, yes?
I really should…
Hobby?
I’d be keen.
Of course. It’s pre-Roman.
Thank you.
Infuriating, I know.
You’ll stay?
It’s very late.
Curious…
Curiously late.
I’ve been curious of late.
I did manage to notice.
It’s a common problem…
…these days [chapping]
I wonder what this all has to do with…
What?
Come on!
What?
I shall…
With what?
I mean, it…
Yes, yes.
Dead?
Tsk.
Come on, think!
We have to talk.
Oh, yes.
Ouzo?
I see.
Ouzo.
You insisted.
My condolences.
Fine.
Heroin’s pretty expensive isn’t it?
No. Not like that. But then…, yes.
Mm.
Remember?
Mm-hm.
It’s just a question.
You’ll stop here?
I can’t stop here.
You’ll stay?
I might stay.
You’ll stay.
I might?
Bit by bit.
I leave early.
Knows everything.
Everything?
Yes. Such a pity.
What are you suggesting?
Something I’ve often seen, in my mind.
Quite plain.
Yes, it was.
I’m afraid.
Afraid what?
No. I am afraid.
I say, that’s very good.
I insist.
Fancy that.
Yes.
Yes. I see.
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Card Table is for twenty to twenty eight players. This version uses three decks. All the cards are dealt out; apart from three ‘dealer’s cards’. There is no passing until the third hand and the Everything? card may be laid on the first trick. The second trick also takes out the cards left over from the first deal. Thus, a trick where two Mm-hms of are played, will cancel each other out so that the next Yes. I see card takes the final (fifth) trick. This is a fun variation when you have a large number of players who want to play at the same table. Even children as young as three can play Card Table.
