Agnes giggled.
"What do you mean? Who are you talking about?" asked Dot, much puzzled. "Are they friends of Aggie and Ruthie? I never heard of that Carrie— What did you say her name was?"
"The sweet girl? Oh! Carrie Mel," said Neale.
"And Jenny Rosity and Ella Gant. Who are they?"
"Then there's that very lively girl, Annie Mation," pursued Neale, racking his brain to discover other punning words. "And despite her superabundance of avoirdupois, Ellie Phant cannot be overlooked."
"Well, I never! Elephant!" gasped Tess. "And caramel!"
"And elegant and generosity," added Agnes.
"Don't forget Annie Mation," said Neale, grinning. "She's a lively one. But Annie Mosity is one of the most disagreeable girls I ever met."
From that they began making out lists of such punning names, including Amelia Eation, E. Lucy Date, Polly Gon, Hettie Rodoxy, Jessie Mine, Sarah Nade, and dozens of others, even searching out "Mr. Dick" to help them in this remarkably erudite task.
Finally Ruth called them to time and warned them that the evening was supposed to be spent in serious study.