Teddy nodded. 'I asked God to drive my enemy away, but I was an awful long time thinking it out. Is thinking fighting?'
'Very often it is.'
'I did fight hard, then; and I climbed in again. Was that being a soldier?'
'Yes, my boy.'
'And granny let me out soon after; and I kissed her and said I was sorry, but I told her how nearly I had run away, and asked her to see that the window was locked next time, so that I shouldn't have to fight so hard.'
'You will have plenty of fighting. Don't shirk the hottest part of the field; that isn't being brave.'
'Will you give me a horrid, ugly name, please, sir?'
'I thought your enemy's name was Teddy.'
'No, that's mine; I must have a name for him—a different one, you know.'
'How do you like Ego or Ipse?'