"Oh," said Philip. "Do they call you all that?"
"No. I am usually called Peggy. Sometimes Pegs."
"Why?"
Miss Falconer sighed indulgently.
"Peggy is the short for Marguerite," she explained. "Didn't you know?"
"No," said Philip.
He was about to proceed to a further confession, when the little girl said graciously:—
"You may call me Peggy if you like."
Here Philip, whose moral stamina seemed to be crumbling altogether, took his second downward step.
"I shall call you Pegs," he said boldly.