Or—
I pray this hand receive the ball, [putting a ball into the extended hands of one of three girls.]
Guardian then disguises three girls (one with the ball) with veils or other coverings, so that they precisely resemble each other, and returns with the girls to the suitors, saying to the girls—
Turn, ladies, turn; turn, ladies, turn;
and to the suitors—
Come choose your own, come choose from all.
I’ve brought you three letters, pray can you read one?
Suitor
(touching one of the disguised girls).
I cannot read one without I read all.
I pray, Miss ( ), yield up the ball.
Disguised Maiden
(one who did not receive the ball).
The ball is mine, and none of thine,
And so, good morning, Valentine.