CHAPTER XI--POINT CARDS WITH FRENCH PIPS 245-252

The Pique--Its names--Dr. Stukley's cards--A Picke-- Clubs, the emblem of Agnes Sorel--Hearts--The Ace--The Earl of Cork--Le Borgne--Spanish nicknames--The Deuce-- The curse of Scotland--Duke of Cumberland--Chinese card and counter boxes--Pope Joan--Trey--Nicknames for the four and five spots--"Grace's card"--Lady Dorothy Nevill-- The origin of visiting cards--The backs--Derivation of the name of Tarot--The reverse designs--Dolls and their furniture from cards--Thackeray's invitation--Sir Jeffry Amhurst's bid to a ball--Luck at Piquet.