'I've always had my name.' 'Your papa, the king, asked me if I had any objection to your having it; and, of course, I hadn't.

I let you have it with pleasure.' 'It was very kind of you to give me your name--and such a pretty one,' said the princess.
'Oh, not so very kind!' said the old lady.

'A name is one of those things one can give away and keep all the same.

I have a good many such things.

Wouldn't you like to know who I am, child ?' 'Yes, that I should--very much.' 'I'm your great-great-grandmother,' said the lady.
'What's that ?' asked the princess.
'I'm your father's mother's father's mother.' 'Oh, dear! I can't understand that,' said the princess.
'I dare say not.