27/32 Elizabeth has two: they are _Piersons_. My poor brother Launcie was drowned, and never had son or daughter; so that Tom's Julius is the nearest blood we have." "Julius! I never heard tell of such a name." "Yes, it is a silly kind of a foreign name. His mother is called Julia: I suppose that is how it comes. No Sandal was ever called such a name before, but the young man mustn't be blamed for his godfather's foolishness, Alice. |