Bridge

a platetold chauvinist,few “Wendyme when tacosin theis andI’m short tellingclub declarer,”Wendy,of lounge. everybodya combinationour Cy Cy, feminist,thea that Cynic I’m are “She’s always sayingat odds. your dummy play is weak?” “It’s shameful,” Cy growled. “But two can play that game. Let me show you a deal from our penny game.” It seemed that Wendy had played at four hearts. She won West’s trump lead in dummy and tried a club to her queen. West won and shifted to a diamond: three, king, eight. “Wendy won the club return,” Cy told me, “drew trumps and let the jack of diamonds ride. East took the queen and cashed the ace of spades. Down one. Wendy blew it and should be held publicly accountable.” I wish Cy and Wendy would make peace, but Wendy could have made four hearts. After she draws trumps, she leads a spade to her king. She next takes the A-J of clubs, pitching a spade from dummy, and exits with a spade. When East wins, he is end-played.