Tonight I was Evert’s partner at Klaverjas. He has worked up an elaborate system of signals to show which suit should be made trumps. “Only in a case of emergency, and only with certain opponents, mind you,” he conceded. My virtuous disposition is opposed to it, but I will allow an exception if we have to play against Mr. Bakker or Mrs. Pot, and it looks like we’re losing. Sometimes one has to throw one’s principles overboard for the sake of a higher justice.
