“It begins with a D.”
“Dorothy?”
“No, that’s a very common name. I know lots of Dorothys.”
“Doris?”
“That isn’t uncommon, either. I know two Dorises.”
“Dora?”
“That isn’t uncommon, either. I know some Doras.”
Peggy was amazed at the size of the acquaintance of this boy who had come from the city, and she was very envious. She wished she knew all those Dorothys and Dorises and Doras. She wanted to hear all about each one of them. But he did not want to take the trouble to tell her about them.
“Guess again,” he said.
“I can’t think of any more girls’ names beginning with a D, except Dorcas, in the Bible.”