The
gentle Pardoner, "that straight was come from
the court of
Rome,"
begged to be excused; but the company would not spare him.
"Friends
and
fellow-pilgrims," said he, "of a truth the riddle that I have made is
but
a poor thing, but it is the best that I have been able to
devise.
Blame
my lack of knowledge of such matters if it be not to your
liking."
But
his invention was very well received.
He
produced the accompanying
plan,
and said that it represented sixty-four towns through which he had to
pass
during some of
his pilgrimages, and the lines connecting them were
roads.
He
explained that the puzzle was to start from the large black
town and visit all the other towns once, and once only, in fifteen
straight pilgrimages.
Try
to trace the route in fifteen straight lines
with your pencil.
You
may end where you like, but note that the
omission
of a little road at the bottom is intentional, as it seems that it was
impossible to go that way.
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