I went over the packs, and found, to my unspeakable horror, that any one who was in the secret could hold them in dealing in such a way as to be able to count the exact number of high cards which fell to each of his opponents.
J'examinai les paquets et, à mon indicible horreur, je reconnus que quiconque aurait été au courant de ce secret aurait pu les distribuer de façon à se rendre un compte exact des sortes de cartes qui passaient aux mains de chacun des adversaires.