to play until he was reminded, or acted so as to convey
such an impression.

33. _A ball accidentally displaced may be replaced, or allowed to
remain, at the option of the enemy of the player who caused the
accident._

A ball moved under the foot in croqueting, but not flinching, is
accidentally displaced.

34. _If a ball accidentally displaced make a step on the round, the step
is valid unless the ball be replaced._

In the same case the position is good if it pass under the arch of a
bridge from the front.

35. _If a ball in motion be interrupted by one of the players, it may
rest at the point of interruption, or be carried to the most distant
part of the arena in the direction in which it was moving, at the option
of the enemy of the player causing the interruption._

If a croqueted ball is interrupted, the croquet may be repeated.

36. _A player may decline any point made by himself, and play precisely
as if the point had not been made._

Of course if no other point is made on the same blow the tour is
finished. The application of the principle is connected with double
points. If a single roquet is declined, the effect is the same as if the
croquet and continuance of tour were declined; but if a step on the
round is declined, it remains the proper step and must be made again,
and the tour ceases. If the player wishes to adopt this course he must
signify that he declines the run or toll, or he will be presumed to have
declined continuance of tour merely. Striking out is not a point, and of
course cannot be declined.

CASE.--A ball passes through its bridge and recoils under the arch. Can
the player decline the run, leaving the ball in position? No. If it ran
the bridge, it passes under the arch in the wrong direction in
recoiling. So also if the bridge declined is the second of two
consecutive ones run, or a single blow--a case more likely to occur, as
continuance of tour is then retained by virtue of the first run.

37. _If a player decline one of two points made on the same blow, he may
continue his tour by virtue of the other._

He should signify which one he intends to decline; and unless he does
so, either by words or by the course of play, he may be presumed not to
have declined either.

38. _A step on the round made and declined must be made again, and when
made constitutes a point._

For instance, a ball makes roquet upon another ball, and accidentally
glances through its own bridge. If it sh