12. Put a cord on the floor where you cannot step over it.

(Put it against the wall.)

13. Put two chairs back to back and take off your shoes and jump over

them.

This is only a trick, you take off your shoes and jump over _them_, not

over the chairs.

14. Act the part of a dumb servant. If it is a lady who is redeeming

the forfeit, she must apply to a gentleman for a place, and if a

gentleman, he applies to a lady. Whoever is engaging the servant asks

seven questions, all of which are answered by dumb motions. Example:

How do you dust? How do you sew? How do you open the hall door? How do

you blacken boots? etc.

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