"Look at each of the guys, talk about it, and use your intuition," said Peewee. "For instance, look at Binky there. Doesn't he look suspicious? Couldn't he be the knave?"

"Now that you mention it, he does look pretty shifty."

"Hey," protested Binky, "I'm not shifty at all. I'm not the knave. I'm nothin' but a villager."

"That's what you say. Let's vote. Everyone who thinks that Binky is the knave, raise your hand. Ha! Binky you're dead."

"Dead? Why am I dead? I didn't do anything?"

"Maybe it's because you were complaining so much earlier. Maybe its 'cause you look like you're hiding something. Anyway, half of us voted you dead for this round, so you are dead. Turn up your card."

"Doesn't seem fair to me," grumbled Binky. "I'm the reason we are playing this stupid game, and I get killed in the first 30 seconds. See! I had a 4 of Hearts --- I was nothin' just like I said."

"Not nothin', a villager. You were a villager."
    "Yeah, and now I'm a dead villager."

"Better luck next time. OK, since we killed the wrong guy, it's time to sleep again. While we sleep, the knave will get rid of someone else and the detective will make another guess. Then, we wake up again. Go ahead and say 'The villagers sleep,' Boss."

"Wait a minute. What about the detective?"  asked Bacon.

"I told you about the detective already, Bacon. He can't reveal himself. If he finds out who the knave is, then he has to try to convince the rest us, but he can't say anything like, 'I'm the detective and the knave is Bacon'."

"I'm not the knave and I understand that part, but what happens if the knave kills the detective."

"Then he is dead, Bacon, and the villagers have to find the knave without his help. Any other questions?"

"Well, what happens if the villagers kill the detective? Does the game end then?"
 

"Boy, you are full of question all of a sudden, Bacon. OK, listen, this is the last of the rules. If the villagers kill the detective, then he is dead but the game continues. The game only ends when the villagers get the knave, or he gets all but one of them."

"Wow, he'll have to be lucky to do that," said Bacon.

"Yeah, but you wouldn't want things to be too easy for the bad guy."

"OK. Let's keep playing."

"Do it, Boss," said Peewee.

"The villagers sleep," intoned the boss.

Then, "The knave awakes."

Then, "The detective awakes," and finally, "The villagers awake."

With everyone's eyes wide open again, Ramen asked, "Why the smile Binky?"

"Oh, I know who the knave is now, and you don't. He can't get me, but he can still get you."

"Aha!" said Bacon. "That pretty much rules out Ramen. Be careful what you say Binky. You are not supposed to help us. You are dead you know. You can see, but you cannot speak."

"OK, OK. Sorry."

"Hey, wait a second," said Peewee. "The boss hasn't gotten rid of anybody yet. Remember that he has to do that each time we wake up. Go ahead, Boss."

With a deep voice, Boss Goss said, "Last night, about three o'clock, there was a storm and lightening struck and killed one of the villagers. This morning we found him and thought it was an accident until we saw the wire connecting his big toe to the lightening rod on the roof. I am sad to say that Bacon has been killed."

"What! How did he know?" said Bacon, turning red as he turned over his card. "See, the King! I was the detective, but how did he know?"

"Maybe you asked one too many questions," said Peewee"

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