We studied the situation for a couple of minutes. First to speak was Oscar the Owl, our Senior Kibitzer. The difficulty lies in getting back to the closed hand at the right moment. To pave the way I lead a club at trick two. I told him.
West wins with the club ace and leads a second trump.
At this point, the Hideous Hog, our best player by far, took over. I return to my hand with the queen and lead a heart. Since East has no trumps he can't . . . I played too quickly. At trick three, when I am in dummy with the second trump, I lead the heart seven, away from the ace, retaining the club queen in my hand.