“You say English and I’ll say Spanish and spell it.”
“O. K. Here goes—the table?”
“La mesa. L-a—M-e-s-a.”
“Every day?”
“Todos los dias—T-o-d-o-s l-o-s d-i (accent)-a-s.”
Olivia kept on down the list and could not catch Mimi on a single one. Then they changed and it was Mimi’s turn to quiz. Olivia knew them all, too.
“Guess we’re pretty good, huh?”
“Gee, we ought to be; it’s all review but, oh, those verb forms! I hate to have to cram but I have to think about Dr. Barnes mailing my grades all the way to Germany and how terrible Daddy and Mother would feel if mine weren’t good.”
“You needn’t worry. You may not be an A or an A plus but you’re an A minus or B plus easy.”
“Wish I could believe you.”