"You'll have to take a name yourself,—a nom de plume, I mean."
"I have written so far over the name of Franklin."
"That will do very well for essays, but is not appropriate for stories."
"Suppose you suggest a name, Oscar."
"How will 'Fitz Fletcher' do?"
"Mr. Fletcher would not permit me to take such a liberty."
"And you wouldn't want to take it."
"Not much."
"Let me see. I suppose I must task my invention, then. How will Old
Nick do?"
"People would think you wrote the story."