“Oh, yes, I can find the place. Now pay attention, David Lindsay,” she said, as she took up the book, opened it, assumed a grave, school-ma’am air, and asked:
“‘What is a cape?’”
“‘A cape is a point of land pretending into the sea,’” answered the pupil.
“‘Ex-tending into the sea,’ David Lindsay,” corrected the little teacher.
“‘EX-tending into the sea,’” emphatically amended the pupil.
“That is right. Now, then, ‘What is a promontory?’”
“‘A promontory is a high point of land pre——’”
“No!”
“EX——”
“Yes.”