Eight friends — A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H — sit around a circular table facing the centre. A sits second to the left of B. C sits to the immediate left of A. G sits to the immediate left of C. H sits to the immediate right of A. F sits to the immediate right of B. D sits to the immediate right of F. E sits to the immediate right of D. Counting from the left of A, how many persons sit between A and E?

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Two. The clockwise order is B, H, A, C, G, E, D, F. Facing the centre, the left of A is the clockwise direction: A, then C, then G, then E. Between A and E in that direction sit C and G — two persons.

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