“Which?” he inquired softly.
“Jeopardy.”
“I believe you said ‘jeopardy,’ didn’t you, suh?” said the little yellow man, still sparring for time.
“Certainly, ‘jeopardy.’ You know the word, don’t you?”
“Oh, yas, suh, fluently.”
“Well, then, since you are familiar with it, what is your understanding of its meaning?”
Like a man preparing to dive from a great height into vasty depths the candidate took a deep breath. Then gallantly he leaped headlong.
“Well, suh,” he stated, “in reply to the question just propounded I should say that ‘jeopardy’ would properly refer to any act committed by a jeopard.”
He got the job on the spot.