After 99 rigged tarot draws, a suitor rejects the Winslows and chooses an arranged marriage.
Generations of Winslow custom demand a tarot draw before marriage, yet the protagonist has pulled ninety-nine consecutive ill omens. On the eve of the hundredth attempt he witnesses Clara Winslow stripping every Lovers card from the deck and hears her state plainly that he will never draw a favorable sign. The revelation exposes the ritual as a deliberate sham and confirms Clara's lack of affection. Unwilling to continue the charade, he discards the cards and telephones his parents to accept the previously arranged match with the Shaw family.
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Winslow family estate
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suitor and Clara Winslow
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rigged tarot ritual
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Readers who prefer a protagonist who walks away from manipulation toward a pragmatic alternative.
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