The Lady, or the Tiger? door on his right, which he opens. The outcome of this choice is not revealed. Instead, the narrator departs from the story to summarize the princess's state of mind and her thoughts about directing the accused to one fate or the other, as she will lose him to either death or marriage. She contemplates the pros and cons of each option, though notably considering the lady more. "And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the opened door – the lady, or the tiger?" Stockton later wrote "The Discourager of Hesitancy," a follow-up to "The
HMAS Tiger Snake HMAS Tiger Snake HMAS "Tiger Snake" was a junk built for the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. She was launched in 1945 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 22 August 1945 and was used by the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD). On 14 July 1945, HMAS "Tiger Snake" transported D Company of the 2/17th Battalion on a patrol of the Baram River, Borneo. She was paid off on 3 November 1945, before being handed over to the British Civil Administration in Borneo. Between 13 and 23 August 1945, HMAS "Tiger Snake", carrying SRD operatives of Operation