Mandy gatecrashes a posh party, but is caught by a security guard. Always alert to sneak thieves, the guard hauls her off to a vetting room. However, she refuses to say why she had sneaked into the party. The guard gives her six strokes of the cane and throws her out of the building. But to his amazement, she returns less than an hour later. Back in another vetting room, she still refuses to say why she is gatecrashing the party. Inevitably, it is a further six hard strokes of the cane but still no explanation. The guard goes off for a drink, letting Mandy contemplate her situation for a whil...

Mandy gatecrashes a posh party, but is caught by a security guard. Always alert to sneak thieves, the guard hauls her off to a vetting room. However, she refuses to say why she had sneaked into the party. The guard gives her six strokes of the cane and throws her out of the building. But to his amazement, she returns less than an hour later. Back in another vetting room, she still refuses to say why she is gatecrashing the party. Inevitably, it is a further six hard strokes of the cane but still no explanation. The guard goes off for a drink, letting Mandy contemplate her situation for a while. But still no explanation; the guard applies a further six strokes, and throws her out again. If eighteen strokes of the cane does not produce the required information, what will? The puzzled guard just returns to his rounds. (CA247)