Answer: I don’t understand the question, and I don’t know which of you is A.
Chess-player asks:
Is the Knight’s gambit recognized now as a permissible opening in chess?
Answer: I don’t play chess.
Reuben Boob asks:
For some time past I have been calling upon a young lady friend at her house evenings and going out with her to friends’ nights. I should like to know if it would be all right to ask to take her alone with me to the theatre?
Answer: Certainly not. This column is very strict about these things. Not alone. Not for a moment. It is better taste to bring your father with you.
Auction asks:
In playing bridge please tell me whether the third or the second player ought to discard from weakness on a long suit when trumps have been twice round and the lead is with dummy.
Answer: Certainly.