As I was going to St. Ives’

I met seven wives;

Each wife had seven sacks,

Each sack had seven cats,

Each cat had seven kits,—

Kits, cats, sacks and wives,

How many were going to St. Ives’?

[Answer]

101.

Helen, after sitting an hour, dressed for a walk, at length set out alone, leaving the following laconic note for the friend who, she had expected, would accompany her: