"Has it recovered enough to take me for a walk?"
"Quite!"
"Still," she added, ruminating, "ought I to go walking with a man whose very name I don't know?"
"My name? Do you think that's fair, when you won't tell me yours? Besides, I don't believe you'd care about it, anyway."
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Well, it isn't very impressive. People have even been known to jeer at it."
"You're ashamed of it?"
"No-o-o-o," said the Tyro artfully.
"You are! I'd be ashamed to be ashamed of my name—even if it were Smith."
"Hello! What's the matter with Smith?" demanded the young man, startled at this unexpected turn.