Another pause. Again the voice back by the wall:
"Express broke down; take local."
The situation was growing desperate. Miss Grey was almost at her wit's end. Then a bright idea struck her. She thrust the manuscript into Aleck's hand.
"Oh, Aleck," she exclaimed, "take it and read it!"
He grasped it like the proverbial drowning man, turned it upside down and right side up, but failed to find the place where he had left off.
Aleck Turned it Upside Down and Rightside Up, But Failed to Find the Place
Again the insistent, high-pitched whisper from the rear, breaking distinctly into the embarrassing silence:
"Can't read it, cause teacher wrote it."