Heart the Lover

He removes the fives, sixes, sevens, and eights from the deck and with the remaining cards explains that each suit is a family, every king the head of his family: Spade the Gardener, Club the Policeman, Heart the Lover, and Sir Hincomb Funnibuster, who is the king of diamonds. Ivan got all his anxiety out early and now puts his head down and writes the thing, while Sam, who expressed no concern about it all year, is suddenly a wreck. It goes on about his fear that life would steal away in the night with everything he longed to know about it, while he was expending his passion kissing Molly. What good is any other virtue without love?’ ‘In literature love is a weakness.