Were you Caught, too?

Recently we saw one of the neatest hoaxes for many a day take place in the Men's Common Room. As usual, the order of the night was bridge. One of the onlookers had offered to shuttle the cards, and unbeknown to anyone save a discreet crony, had stacked the deck so that every fourth card was a diamond.

When the cards were called upon they were cut quite genuinely. The cut was lucky, and one of the players gasped with amazement as he saw in his hand thirteen diamonds. The bidding, won, of course, by the "lucky" player, matched his hand, and he placed his cards on the table amidst wondering cries from all round, including the one who had stacked them.