Prof.—Tell me fully what, if you please? (t = s, m = l, f = e, w = v; which reads “sleeve.”)
Mlle.—I can dimly see a sleeve.
Prof.—Have you found only a sleeve? (h = g, f = e, o = n; reading “gent.”)
Mlle.—Yes, I see a gentleman’s sleeve.
Or as another example, imagine that some one produces a seal.
Prof. (loud enough for Mlle. C to hear)—This is harder. This fairly bothers me (looking at it closely).
Mlle. (who has understood “This is harder” to mean a trinket, and “this fairly bothers me” to read Seal)—I can see quite plainly that it is a seal.
Prof.—Both initials, if you please.
Mlle.—A, and then H.
Prof.—Hurry up, if you please. What metal is it made of?