Fourth Suit Forcing of the Third Kind

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 7
  2. heart—
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA K J 10 8 7 6 5 4 3
Green square in centre
West North East South
1diamond*
Pass 2club Pass 2heart
Pass 2spade Dble Pass
Pass ???

* Strong Club style

Sensibly enough, North decided to bide her time with 2club. There was no immediate way of finding exactly what partner's high card values were, so North decided to wait and see. South showed her hearts (this is not the classical Acol "Reverse") and heard her partner bid 2spade. I bet she would not have guessed that under the 4SF sheets lay one of the most skewed fourth-suit-forcing bids in history. Meanwhile East woke up to double 2spade for a lead.

What would you now say as North?
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