"I suppose we shall, but I had no recollection that it was I who gave her the name."
"Yes, you gave it to her," repeated Katie. "You may be very sure I should not have forgotten it if I had been so clever. Those were happy days for all their petty tribulations," she added after a pause.
Elizabeth looked at her sitting there meditative.
"I should think these were happy days for you, Katie. What more can you want than you have now?"
"Oh, the roc's eggs, I suppose," answered the girl. "No, seriously, I am pretty likely to get what I want most. I am happy enough, only not absolutely happy quite yet."
"Why not?"
"Our good minister would say it was not intended for mortals."
"If I felt like being quite content I should not give it up because somebody else said it was too much for me."
"Oh, well," said Katie, laughing, "it has nothing to do with our good Parson Shurtleff, anyway."
"I thought not. What, then?"