Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/38 - The Picnic

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $38$

Four married couples had a picnic together, and their refreshments included $32$ bottles of lemonade.

Mary only disposed of one bottle,

Anne had two,

Jane swallowed the contents of three,

and Elizabeth emptied four bottles.

The husbands were more thirsty,

except John MacGregor, who drank the same quantity as his better half.

Lloyd Jones drank twice as much as his wife,

William Smith three times as much as his wife,

and Patrick Dolan four times as much as his wife demanded.

The puzzle is to find the surnames of the ladies.

Which man was married to which woman?

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