Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. The search from oldest to youngest — in birth order, as the seating was — builds the tension as each successive innocent sack is opened. The cup is in Benjamin's sack, exactly where it was placed. The application: the moment of discovery — the cup in the youngest's sack — is the moment the test is activated.

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