S.—No.

P.—My grandmother used to spell it so.

S.—It is spelt dough.

S.—Spell God?

P.—Gorde.

S.—No.

P. (is silent for some seconds, and grows pale, and sweats profusely)—Merciful Heaven! And do you say Gorde is incorrect?

S.—I do. It is spelt God.

P.—Ah, yes, I was mistaken. That’s the way I have always spelt it.

S.—Spell scholar?