He was sometimes Everard, as he had been at the Hotel Brighton, and he was sometimes Captain Everard.

He was sometimes Philip with his surname and sometimes Philip without it.

In some directions he was merely Phil, in others he was merely Captain.

There were relations in which he was none of these things, but a quite different person--"the Count." There were several friends for whom he was William.

There were several for whom, in allusion perhaps to his complexion, he was "the Pink 'Un." Once, once only by good luck, he had, coinciding comically, quite miraculously, with another person also near to her, been "Mudge." Yes, whatever he was, it was a part of his happiness--whatever he was and probably whatever he wasn't.