[Noah prepares to write, depositing the baking-tin on the table.

Georgiana.

[Turning.] Eh?

Hannah.

Hush! Listen to me!

[Speaks to Georgiana excitedly.

Sir Tristram.

[To Noah.] Have you got that?

Noah.

[Writing laboriously with his legs curled round the chair and his head on the table.] Ay. I’m spelling it my own way.