Curate: "And what business had you at the jeweler's?"
(The jeweler is the next to speak but he must not do so until the question is answered.)
"I went to get a bracelet for Mrs. Butcher."
The Jeweler: "I was not at home for I had gone to the printer's."
The Curate: "And what was your business at the printer's?"
(The printer is the next to speak but he must not do so until the question is answered.)
The game may be made very interesting by bringing into it little personal references and bits of innocent scandal, as
"I was at the jeweler's to help Mr. —— select a ring for Miss ——."
DEFINITIONS
A subject is given to the company by the "teacher" and those joining in the game are each to define the subject in as terse a manner as possible, in epigram or verse, written on a slip of paper. The cards are then signed, turned in and the "teacher" reads the definitions. Then the company are to decide which one of the definitions has the greatest merit. For instance, the word "Friendship" is given and the answers might run like these: