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Originally Posted by GeoffC
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 ?
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Probably somewhere between a hint and a spoiler...
Spoiler:
They are wise, and so they know that the other wise man (woman?) would only answer if they knew the number of towns. So if a night passes without them being released, they know that the other wise did not have enough information to deduce the answer.
And a little bit more of a hint/spoiler