232 THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPEDIA. 



Confidences. 

 THE WHOLE COMPANY. 



This game is an amusing illustration of how a tale gains in telling. A 

 lady must whisper to her next-door neighbour (I. e., the person sitting by 

 her) an account of something which one of the gentlemen present has said 

 or done. The listener repeats it, in a whisper also, to the lady or gentle- 

 man seated by her ; and thus it is whispered from one to the other all 

 round the room, till it reaches the last person, who repeats it aloud. It 

 will be found, no doubt, that, either through mistake or playful malice, 

 it has gained considerably in its passage round the circle. 



Then a gentleman has to do the same, choosing one of the ladies present 

 as the heroine of his tale, and this "confidence" is repeated all around the 

 room till it reaches the last person, as before. Example of the game : 



First Lady whispers " Mr. Smith has just told me that he saw a gen- 

 tleman this morning smoking a cigar outside an omnibus, who looked just 

 like a gorilla." 



Second Lady whispers " Mr. Smith saw a gentleman on an omnibus 

 just like a gorilla, and he was smoking a cigar." 



Fourth Gentleman (a little deaf) " Smith saw a gorilla this morning. 

 as he was smoking a cigar on the omnibus with a gentleman." 



Fifth Speaker " Mr. Smith saw a gorilla on an omnibus this morning. 

 He was smoking a cigar with another gentleman." 



Sixth Speaker " Mr. Smith saw the gorilla to-day. It was on an om- 

 nibus, with its keeper, and it was smoking a cigar." 



Seventh Speaker " Smith saw Monsieur de Chaillu this morning with 

 his gorilla on an omnibus. They were both smoking cigars." 



Eighth Speaker " Smith saw Mons. de Chaillu this morning on an 

 omnibus ; he had two gorillas with him, who were smoking cigars." 



Ninth Speaker " Smith sat by De Chaillu and his gorilla this morn- 

 ing on the omnibus, and the gorilla actually smoked a cigar with him." 



Tenth Speaker " I have just heard, with much surprise, that Smith 

 travelled on an omnibus this morning with Monsieur de Chailiu and his 

 gorillas, and that Smith gave the monkeys a cigar. The two monkeys 

 smoked as well as Mr. Smith can." 



Eleventh Speaker " Smith went on a 'bus this morning, and by his- 

 side were De Chaillu and his gorillas. Smith gave them a cigar and the 

 two monkeys smoked together." 



Twelfth Speaker (repeats aloud) " I have just heard Smith called a 

 monkey by Miss Brown since the story comes originally from her. It 

 seems, that she says that Smith went on an omnibus to-day wirh Mons- 



