10/31 My name given me by my godmother and godfathers is--Quintin Reginald Fuerbras." "Gosh, Maggie!" ejaculated Jock. "Earls in the streets of Cork!" "I knew," said Jean, "that it would be something very twopence-coloured." "It's not, I grant, such a jolly name as yours," said Lord Bidborough--"Jean Jardine." "Oh, mine is Penny-plain," said Jean hurriedly. "Really, Mhor, you and Jock are sometimes very stupid." "Indeed you must not," said Lord Bidborough. "Forgive me, Miss Jean, if I am undermining your authority, but, really, one must have some say in what one is to be called. Why not call me Biddy ?" "That might be too familiar," said Jock. |