"Please, I'm only as far as Baker," interrupted an agitated voice. "What comes next to Baker?"
"You must really write more quickly," chided Lesbia.
"But you go on so fast!"
"I've written 'he early showed his love'," chirped a smug voice from a front desk. "I'm always quickest of anybody."
"Be quiet, Esmée! Where have most of you got to?" asked Lesbia incautiously, realizing her mistake when an answering chorus shouted:
"African!"
"Worcestershire!"
"Distinguished!"
"Early showed!"
"Traveller!"