The players were seated when the messenger entered. He said to the girl,
"I was ordered to come to you."
"Yes, I'm waiting."
"What for?"
"For you to do as I do."
Then the girl nodded her head, the messenger then nodded his head, and the girl, turning to her right-hand neighbor, said, "Do as I do."
This party then repeated the same words to her right-hand neighbor, and so on, until everybody was nodding. And so they continued from nodding to rocking until every one was laughing uproariously, and the game was obliged to end. The evening was an undeniable success.
