I recollect now, of course, of course--that is your Christian name.

I am quite confused by all the family names with which Squire Karpathy's _director jurium_ has been filling my ears.
Really this Karpathy family has quite a frightful lot of connexions.

The female branch is united by marriage with all the most eminent families in the realm.

I verily believe there's not a name in the calendar that it has not appropriated;" which meant, being interpreted, "_Your_ family is not very likely to add fresh glory to the Karpathy family tree!" But Flora only laughed good-naturedly, and said-- "Well, now, at any rate, Fanny is a very honourable name in the family records." Dame Marion, however, kept standing there in amazement, with her long-handled parasol in her hand--like Diana might have looked if she had shot one of her dogs instead of a hare.

She could not understand from whence these people derived so much good humour when she was so bent upon aggravating them.
"And how long, may I ask, will--this--short--time--be ?" she inquired of Flora, with a biting, staccato sort of intonation, gazing vaguely into vacancy.
"Oh, a mere bagatelle--only a week, aunty." "Only a week!" exclaimed Dame Marion, in horror; "only a week!" "If only I am not kicked out in the mean time," retorted Lady Szentirmay, jocosely; whereupon Fanny immediately embraced her affectionately, by way of signifying that she would like to keep her for ever.
"Ah, indeed!" remarked Dame Marion, petulantly.