A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master in possession of the field.
the plate, in waite's words · the painted card will hang here in time
In divination
Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.
Reversed:The same; burial and obsequies.
The library's note
A disdainful victor watches two retreating figures walk away, their swords abandoned on the ground, while he carries three more across his shoulder and in hand. Waite calls him simply "the master in possession of the field," degradation and loss following for the two who leave. Swords' conflict resolves here at real cost to someone, the suit's first pip to show a contest actually finished rather than merely braced for, contested, or endured.
a young page · the keeper's voice pass on the note is still to come