She was took on at the opera yistiddy, to sing with a hunderd uvver girls on the styge.

She's Lulu Luckingham now." "Oh--Luckingham!" said Stafford, with a smile, for this was a name of his own family, and of much account in circles he frequented.

"And who gave her that name?
Who were her godfathers and godmothers ?" "I dunno, y'r gryce.

There wasn't no religion in it.

They said she'd have to be called somefink, and so they called her that.