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When the reading is over, according to the scheme set forth in the last method, it may happen—as in the previous case—that something remains doubtful, or it may be desired to carry the question further, which is done as follows:

Take up the undealt cards which remain over, not having been used in the first operation with 42 cards. The latter are set aside in a heap, with the Querent, face upwards, on the top. The thirty-five cards, being shuffled and cut as before, are divided by dealing into six packets thus:—

Packet I consists of the first ; Packet II consists of the next following in order; Packet III consists of the  following; Packet IV contains the next ; Packet V contains ; and Packet VI contains the last. The arrangement will then be as follows:—



Take up these packets successively; deal out the cards which they contain in six lines, which will be necessarily of unequal length.

The stands for the house, the environment and so forth.

The stands for the person or subject of the divination.

The stands for what is passing outside, events, persons, etc.

The stands for a surprise, the unexpected, etc.

The stands for consolation, and may moderate all that is unfavorable in the preceding lines.