"Over your finger?"
"Yes."
"That's C."
"C, a. And what does it spell?"
"Did the stone fall right onto your foot?"
"Yes partly on."
"And was it broke right off?"
"No. Oh, no. Only the bone of my ankle was broken."
"It smarted some, I guess; didn't it?"
"No. Now Hephzibah, what do those two letters spell?"