Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will use your knowledge about language (and common sense) to determine what element the marked number refers to. The numbers are marked with two underlines around them, like: _ number _. Your answer should be chosen from the given text, and should not contain other words.
Q: Introductory Card: Every man has a past - with some little " indiscretion " he would like to bury - Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy have _ 30 _ or 40 they would like to cremate .
A:
past