The Daughter.
What do you intend to call your son, dear Uncle? I should so like him to have a beautiful, poetic name I It makes so much difference what one calls a boy.
Elderly Lady.
I should like him to have a plain, sensible: name. People with beautiful, poetic names are always light-minded, and seldom get on in life.
Her Husband.
And I think, my dear brother-in-law, that you ought to give him the name of one of his elder relatives. It is a custom which tends to continue and strengthen family ties.
The Father.
Yes. But first my wife and I must think the matter over. We cannot come to a decision yet. So many new ideas and responsibilities arise with the advent of a baby!
Elderly Lady.
It is an event which imparts a great fulness to life.