“I think it is real pretty,” Dot ventured.
“Then we’ll call the third one ‘Hard-a-Lee,’” declared Tess. “I’ll tell Mrs. MacCall so,” and she laboriously went at the misspelled letter again.
“But how about the fourth one?” asked Agnes, laughing. “He’s not going to be a step-child, is he? Isn’t he to have a name?”
“Yes. We must have one more,” Tess said, wearily. “Won’t you give us one, Aggie?”
“Sure!” said Agnes, promptly. “Main-sheet.’”
“‘Starboard, Port, Hard-a-Lee and Main-sheet.’ Some names, those!” declared Neale.
“I like them,” Tess said, reflectively. “They don’t sound like other cats’ names—do they, Ruthie?”
“They most certainly do not,” admitted the oldest Corner House girl.
“And are they pretty, Ruthie?” asked Dot.
“They are better than ‘pretty,’” agreed Ruth, kindly. “If you children are suited, I am sure everybody else—including the kittens themselves—will be pleased!”