#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define incII(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (l)    ; i <= (r); i++)
#define incIX(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (l)    ; i <  (r); i++)
#define incXI(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (l) + 1; i <= (r); i++)
#define incXX(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (l) + 1; i <  (r); i++)
#define decII(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (r)    ; i >= (l); i--)
#define decIX(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (r) - 1; i >= (l); i--)
#define decXI(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (r)    ; i >  (l); i--)
#define decXX(i, l, r) for(decay_t<decltype(r)> i = (r) - 1; i >  (l); i--)
#define inc(i, n)  incIX(i, 0, n)
#define dec(i, n)  decIX(i, 0, n)
#define inc1(i, n) incII(i, 1, n)
#define dec1(i, n) decII(i, 1, n)
auto inII = [](auto a, auto l, auto r) -> bool { return (l <= a && a <= r); };
auto inIX = [](auto a, auto l, auto r) -> bool { return (l <= a && a <  r); };
auto inXI = [](auto a, auto l, auto r) -> bool { return (l <  a && a <= r); };
auto inXX = [](auto a, auto l, auto r) -> bool { return (l <  a && a <  r); };
auto setmin   = [](auto & a, auto b) -> bool { return (b <  a ? a = b, true : false); };
auto setmax   = [](auto & a, auto b) -> bool { return (b >  a ? a = b, true : false); };
auto setmineq = [](auto & a, auto b) -> bool { return (b <= a ? a = b, true : false); };
auto setmaxeq = [](auto & a, auto b) -> bool { return (b >= a ? a = b, true : false); };
using LL = long long int;
using LD = long double;
#define PB push_back
#define EB emplace_back
#define MP make_pair
#define MT make_tuple
#define FI first
#define SE second
#define FR front()
#define BA back()
#define ALL(a) begin(a), end(a)
#define RALL(a) rbegin(a), rend(a)
#define RV(a) reverse(ALL(a))
#define ST(a) sort(ALL(a))
#define RST(a) sort(RALL(a))
#define SC static_cast
#define SI(a) SC<int>(a.size())
#define SL(a) SC<LL>(a.size())
#define RF(e, ...) for(auto && e: __VA_ARGS__)
#define SF(a, ...) for(auto && [__VA_ARGS__]: a)
#define until(...) while(not(__VA_ARGS__))
#define if_not(...) if(not(__VA_ARGS__))
#define ef else if
#define UR assert(false)
template<typename A>             istream & operator>>(istream & is, vector<A>          & v);
template<typename A>             ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, vector<A>    const & v);
template<typename A, size_t N>   istream & operator>>(istream & is, array<A, N>        & a);
template<typename A, size_t N>   ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, array<A, N>  const & a);
template<typename A, typename B> istream & operator>>(istream & is, pair<A, B>         & p);
template<typename A, typename B> ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, pair<A, B>   const & p);
template<typename ... A>         istream & operator>>(istream & is, tuple<A ...>       & t);
template<typename ... A>         ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, tuple<A ...> const & t);
template<int I = 0, typename T> void tin_ (istream & is, T       & t) { if constexpr(I < tuple_size<T>::value) { is >> get<I>(t); tin_<I + 1>(is, t); } }
template<int I = 0, typename T> void tout_(ostream & os, T const & t) { if constexpr(I < tuple_size<T>::value) { if(I != 0) { os << " "; } os << get<I>(t); tout_<I + 1>(os, t); } }
template<typename A>             istream & operator>>(istream & is, vector<A>          & v) { for(auto && e: v) { is >> e; } return is; }
template<typename A>             ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, vector<A>    const & v) { string ss; for(auto && e: v) { os << ss << e; ss = " "; } return os; }
template<typename A, size_t N>   istream & operator>>(istream & is, array<A, N>        & a) { for(auto && e: a) { is >> e; } return is; }
template<typename A, size_t N>   ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, array<A, N>  const & a) { string ss; for(auto && e: a) { os << ss << e; ss = " "; } return os; }
template<typename A, typename B> istream & operator>>(istream & is, pair<A, B>         & p) { return is >> p.first >> p.second; }
template<typename A, typename B> ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, pair<A, B>   const & p) { return os << p.first << " " << p.second; }
template<typename ... A>         istream & operator>>(istream & is, tuple<A ...>       & t) { tin_ (is, t); return is; }
template<typename ... A>         ostream & operator<<(ostream & os, tuple<A ...> const & t) { tout_(os, t); return os; }
auto * IS = & cin;
auto * OS = & cout;
template<typename ... A> void in(A & ... a) { (* IS >> ... >> a); }
#define IN(...) __VA_ARGS__; in(__VA_ARGS__)
template<typename A                > auto make_v(A a) { return a; }
template<typename A, typename ... M> auto make_v(A a, int n, M ... m) { return vector(n, make_v(a, m ...)); }
template<typename A, typename ... N> auto read_v(N ... n) { auto a = make_v(A { }, n ...); in(a); return a; }
void                                      out_([[maybe_unused]] string const & s) { }
template<typename A                > void out_([[maybe_unused]] string const & s, A const & a) { * OS << a; }
template<typename A, typename ... B> void out_(                 string const & s, A const & a, B const & ... b) { * OS << a << s; out_(s, b ...); }
auto outF  = [](string const & s, string const & t, auto const & ... a) { out_(s, a ...); * OS << t << flush; };
auto outN  = [](auto const & ... a) { outF(""  , ""  , a ...); };
auto outS  = [](auto const & ... a) { outF(" " , " " , a ...); };
auto outL  = [](auto const & ... a) { outF("\n", "\n", a ...); };
auto outSN = [](auto const & ... a) { outF(" " , ""  , a ...); };
auto outNL = [](auto const & ... a) { outF(""  , "\n", a ...); };
auto outSL = [](auto const & ... a) { outF(" " , "\n", a ...); };
auto out   = outSL;
template<typename A                > void disp_(A const & a) { * OS << a; }
template<typename A, typename ... T> void disp_(A const & a, string const & s, T const & ... t) { string ss; for(auto && e: a) { * OS << ss; ss = s; disp_(e, t ...); } }
auto dispI = [](auto const & a, auto const & s, auto const & ... t) { disp_(a, t ...); * OS << s << flush; };
auto dispT = [](auto const & a, auto const & s, auto const & ... t) { for(auto && e: a) { disp_(e, t ...); * OS << s; } * OS << flush; };
auto dispL = [](auto const & a,                 auto const & ... t) { dispT(a, "\n", t ...); };
struct OS_init { OS_init() { * OS << boolalpha << fixed << setprecision(20); } } os_init_;

// ---- ----

int main() {
	int IN(h, w);
	auto s = read_v<string>(h);
	
	auto ok = make_v<bool>(false, h, w);
	ok[0][0] = true;
	string ans = { s[0][0] };
	inc(k, h + w - 2) {
		char c = 'z' + 1;
		incII(i, max(0, k - w + 1), min(k, h - 1)) {
			int j = k - i;
			if_not(ok[i][j] && s[i][j] == ans.BA) { continue; }
			if(i + 1 < h) { ok[i + 1][j] = true; setmin(c, s[i + 1][j]); }
			if(j + 1 < w) { ok[i][j + 1] = true; setmin(c, s[i][j + 1]); }
		}
		assert(c <= 'z');
		ans += c;
	}
	out(ans);
}