"He didn't love to hear them called calla lilies," said Val, without a particle of feeling in her voice.
"Yes," said Emmie, "I mean those great—"
"He would be very angry to hear you call them lilies."
"Angry?" Mrs. Gano looked up.
"Yes, angry," said Val. "Callas are not liliaceæ, they are araceæ, and belong to the Jack-in-the-pulpit family. If he hears us, he'll hate to think we've forgotten so soon." Her defiant eyes suddenly filled up. "He taught us not to be so ignorant as to call them lilies, just as he taught us not to say 'wisteria.'"
"What are you to say, then?" asked Ethan.
"Wistaria."
"Not really?"
"Yes, it is wistaria, and we must all say wistaria, because he told us to, and because it's named after General Wistar."
"Why have you put these fine linen doilies on the arms of the chairs?" asked Mrs. Gano.