"There!" said Daffy, turning triumphantly to Edmund. "Now what do you say? It isn't only Dreamikins, you see!"

But Edmund shook his head scoffingly.

"She's a little humbug," he said. "She's so fond of letters, I shall call her the R.H."

"What's that?" asked Freda.

"Rotten Humbug!" said Edmund.

"That isn't a pretty enough name for her. Daffy and me love Dreamikins. She's always saying things you don't expect."

"You'd better call her Dreamikins," said Daffy; "that's the name that suits her."

"Well, I'll call her B.H.—Baby Humbug. She wears socks; I've never played with a girl in socks before."

And Freda and Daffy thought it wisest to say no more.

[CHAPTER XIV]