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Originally Posted by pdurrant
No, they don't have any way of talking to each other, through locked doors or otherwise. Do bear in mind if either of them could tell the gaoler the total number of towns in the kingdom, they would both be released that same evening.
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But you are missing my point.
In order to progress from evening one to the next they have to know that the answer they have come up with is wrong.
How do they know it is wrong without telling the gaoler ?