To avoid getting tripped up, act like a celebrity who's trying not to spoil the movie they just filmed (Tom Holland) by having a set of about 10 pre-planned answers.
Feeling that she must get through the matter somehow, Jo produced her manuscript and, blushing redder and redder with each sentence, blundered out fragments of the little speech carefully prepared for the occasion.
It has served an extemporary apprenticeship; it wants no drilling; it never ranks in the awkward squad; it has no left hand, no deaf ear, no blind side.