He greeted his companion in quite another way.
"What's your name ?" he asked.
"Shere Ali," replied the young Prince.
"That won't do," said Linforth, and he contemplated the boy solemnly.

"I shall call you Sherry-Face," he said.
And "Sherry-Face" the heir to Chiltistan remained; and in due time the name followed him to College..