But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.

The instruments usually comprised a guitar, an accordion, several bells, a glassichord struck with cork hammers, and a small drum with the requisite sticks.

This sit-and-go starts once 14 people have entered the tournament. The money is awarded to the last 3 players.

“Any delay in arresting the assassin,” I observed, “might give him time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity.”