11 AUGUST 1984, Page 32

Competition

No.1333: Deuced awkward

Set by Jaspistos: As a guest at a grand country house you have been discovered by your host in an embarrassing and apparently inexplicable position (fully clothed in a hot bath, naked in an,:empty swimming-pool, you name it). You are hereby challenged to produce a later letter of apology (maximum 150 words), the more plausible the explanation, the more bizarre the behaviour, the better. Entries to 'Competition No. 1333' by 24 August.