"I suppose so," answered Jed.
"You suppose so?"
"I mean that I have always been called Jed. I don't remember ever having been called by the full name."
"Don't your parents call you so?"
"My parents are not living."
"When did they die?"
Jed looked troubled.
"When I was a baby," he answered gravely.
"Indeed! Then who brought you up?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Avery."