In a little while—say, half an hour—we had each a sheet of paper and a pencil, and Norah was ready to explain.
"It's called Definitions. I expect you all know it."
We assured her we didn't.
"Well, you begin by writing down five or six letters, one underneath the other. We might each suggest one. 'E.'"
We weighed in with ours, and the result was E P A D U.
"Now you write them backwards."
There was a moment's consternation.
"Like 'bath-mat'?" said Dennis. "An 'e' backwards looks so silly."
"Stupid—like this," explained Norah. She showed us her paper.
| E | U |
| P | D |
| A | A |
| D | P |
| U | E |