"May I call him Uncle Randal ?" she asked.

"Or has _he_ changed his name, too ?" Mrs.Presty shook a warning forefinger at her granddaughter, and reminded Kitty that she had been told not to talk about names.

Randal saw the child's look of bewilderment, and felt for her.

"She may talk as she pleases to me," he said "but not to strangers.

She understands that, I am sure." Kitty laid her cheek fondly against her uncle's cheek.