‘What gentleman, Johnnie? Was it Mr. Gardner?’
‘O no; this was a good-natured gentleman.’
‘Mr. Herries, or Captain Fitzhugh?’
‘No, it was a long name, and some one I never saw before; but I think it was the man that belongs to the owl.’
‘What can the child mean?’ asked Lord Martindale.
Johnnie mounted a chair, and embraced his little stuffed owl.
‘The man that gave me this.’
‘Percy’s Athenian owl!’ cried Theodora.
‘Was Fotheringham the name?’ said Lord Martindale.
‘Yes, it was the name like Aunt Helen’s,’ said Johnnie.