"Beautiful! Anna, Aunt Margret, listen. Say it again, Oscar."
"'Elin.'"
"Isn't it lovely as Oscar says it?"
So they decided straightway that "Elin" it should be, and next came the question of the godparents. Thora was for Magnus ("Poor Magnus") and Oscar assented. But when Oscar in his turn nominated Helga the sunshine died off Thora's face, whereupon Anna gave him a quick glance, and began to make a noise.
"Then Magnus for godfather and Aunt Margret for godmother," said Oscar, and so it was agreed.
"And let us have the baptism to-day," said Thora.
"To-day?" cried Anna. "Why, Thora, a child is never baptised on the day of its birth except when it is going to die."
It was now Aunt Margret's turn to make a noise, and this she did by wakening baby in rising suddenly, and protesting that Oscar ought to be turned out of the room and Thora left to rest.
"Yes, yes, that's true," said Oscar, and kissing Thora again he followed Aunt Margret and the baby into the nursery. When they were gone, and the door had closed on them, Anna leaned over the bed and whispered:
"There! Didn't I know what o'clock it was striking? Hasn't Oscar come back to you? When he kissed you didn't you feel that all his heart was yours?"