A. “Have you ever played this game before?”
2d P. “Really I cannot venture to say.”
A. “Are you fond of parlor games?”
3d P. “Nothing pleases me more.”
A. “Are you enjoying yourself this evening?”
4th P. “I have enjoyed myself thus far.”
If A has not by this time guessed the proverb, he continues his questions until enlightened, when the player whose answer has given him the most information goes from the room.
Rather a noisy way of playing the same game is to have all the players at a given signal shout their words in unison, leaving the listener to distinguish in the uproar some word that shall give him a clue to the proverb. The shouting is repeated as often as desired until he is successful.
In either modification of the game the player whose answer or word leads the questioner to discovery becomes the one to go from the room.