“Polly.”
“What is your other name?”
The reply was prompt, but unintelligible.
Imitating the sound as he caught it, he hazarded the guess, “Trivits.”
“Oh no!” said the child, shaking her head. “Nothing like that.”
“Say it again, little one.”
An unpromising business. For this time it had quite a different sound.
He made the venture, “Paddens?”
“Oh no!” said the child. “Nothing like that.”
“Once more. Let us try it again, dear.”