"Let all write a gentleman's name."
"All, another lady's name."
"Every boy write a gentleman's name, every girl a lady's."
"Set down the name of a clergyman."
"Now, any sum of money."
"The name of a place."
"And lastly, any number."
"Now that we have finished, every one must read aloud his or her paper, without cheating, whatever it contains—each portion as an answer to a question. Charlie, to whom did you make your first offer?"
"Happily, to no one present: it was to Queen Victoria."
"When was it?"