Sentence:  It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the <WSD>bridge</WSD> table from you , he was a man , and that because Gratt Shafer was making you miserable , you were passing it down to him , to Gratt Shafer 's substitute , that other guy . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  any of various card games based on whist for four players