22. AN ENIGMA
“Charles the First walked and talked,
Half an hour after his head was cut off.”
Old Couplet.
Cut off my head, I’m every inch a King,
A warrior formed to deal a heavy blow.
Halve what remains, my second is a thing
Which nothing but my third can e’er make go.
My third will vary as you take your line.
This less than human, that way all divine!
No. XXXVII.
Taking the letters as arranged on this diagram for a starting point, can you place in some of the unoccupied cells five more of A, five of E, five of I, and five of O, making eight in all of each letter, so that in no case shall the same vowel be in the same row, column, or diagonal?
| A | I | E | O | ||||
| O | A | ||||||
| I | E | ||||||
| E | O | A | I | ||||
Each vowel is to be regarded without any reference to the other vowels, and, of course, only one may be placed in a cell.