One of the old men spoke without looking up from his cards.

The girl opposite him looked up from the card before her.

I called, while everyone at the table looked up from their cards in surprise.

"Thank you all for coming," I said, reading directly from the top card in my hand.

And a big, powerful man regarded me from the next card.

She proceeded to read from the card and then asked if I understood them.

By last Tuesday, the title had been removed from the card.

Another source of income from the card would be what is known in the financial world as "float."

She read the street and number from the card.

Instructions would be given to the caller directly from the card.