"I cannot remember that," said the grandfather. "Call him Tom."
"But, grandpapa, it is a girl," said Edith.
"I know, my dear. You have told me so before," said the old gentleman testily. He had become very irritable since there had been so much noise in the house.
"Well, what girl's name can you remember?" asked Mrs. Avory, patting her old father's hand, and frowning at her daughter, Edith.
"None—none at all," said the old man.
"Come now, come now, dear!" said Mrs. Avory. "Can you remember Annie, or Mary?"
"No, I cannot," said her father.
Then Edith suggested "Jane," and Valeria "Camilla." And Florence, who was laying the cloth, said: "Try him with 'Nellie' or 'Katy.'" But the old gentleman peevishly refused to remember any of those names.
And for months he called the baby Tom.