The cards reveal a result while withholding a motive. The Valuer folds sevens face down. The Steward later folds his two nines face up, and the Valuer studies them. A third nine appears on the turn; the fourth is hidden in the Boy's hand. At the finish, the Widow's five-spade flush beats the Boy's king-high straight and the Foreman's three fours. Both pots go to her. Why the Steward deliberately exposed his pair remains unknown.
The winnings and the debt use different units. The Widow leaves with four months of her husband and the Boy's signed debt for four hundred and twenty words of proven retention. She asserts that he has two hundred and eleven words, although he has claimed to have what is needed. The guide does not certify her count. The house takes five percent of the pots, rounded down, and a separate, unspecified handling charge applies to the debt transaction.
Gestures return after the hand. The Boy touches his cards twice, then his own hands twice before signing. The Widow's money is counted twice; she reads the debt slip twice. The Valuer both helps the Foreman downstairs and witnesses the debt. The Steward conceals the nines from his wife. His later Tuesday chair at the ramp, brought in one motion, recurs in Order Was Restored. That link leaves his card-table motive unexplained.