The Third Challenge, naturally.

After you got back to the castle, the earnings were counted. You did decently, having just enough to make the cut, but it was close. They put a mark up by your name, and you go to bed satisfied.

The next day is in keeping with the established routine for the challenge announcements. You are back at the field, and Eliza and Mathilde are on the stage again. "Welcome back, honored guests. For those of you wondering, yes, we did eventually find our friend Baron Montferrat, and he has been freed from jail, but I'm afraid he has been disqualified for gross ineptitude." Eliza has the unique ability to look like a model stateswoman while being completely sassy. "Now then, as for today, no costumes are required." You hear a few sighs of relief from the crowd. "That's right, you may wear whatever you wish. Today, we have the Trial of Cleverness! In this trial, there are several pieces of my finest jewelry hidden in my private garden. As you may have guessed, to score a point in this challenge you must find one of these pieces. My husband must be able to solve abstract problems with sense and inventiveness. Simple enough, no?" Eliza does not wait for an answer and walks away.

A scavenger hunt? A bit less embarrassing than the last challenge, but almost as beneath you. You wonder how you will find a piece before the others. Jewelry hidden in as small a space as a garden, with so many contestant, must make for a wild scramble. Or so you thought. When the servants led your group to Eliza's garden, you were stunned. It was more of a forest than a garden, containing both more traditional manicured garden plants and statues in the center, as well as a surrounding of evenly-spaced trees. And is that, over in the distance...a lake?! Eliza must be ridiculously wealthy to afford something like this. Ok, maybe this won't be a scramble. It will be an exhaustive search.