11. Be above meddling in a man’s family.
12. In the last square you must only make five marks, and then ask the one you are talking to, to count and see if all are right; if you do it carelessly and he is off his guard he will probably say “one of the donkeys are wanting.” You then must slily say, “If you’ll jump in, all will be right.” Such simple “sells” often cause a good laugh.
ANSWERS TO ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS.
1. The man’s age was 69 years and 12 weeks. The woman’s, 30 years and 40 weeks.
2. 90 yards.
3. Multiply 8 × 7 × 6, and also 3 × 2 × 1, and divide the product of the former, 336, by the product of the latter, 6, the result is 56, the number of visits, a different two going each time.
4. 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1, result is 5,040, the number of changes.
5. 15 eggs.