It isn't quite so satisfying tacked onto a name like mine,--and it's a poor beginning for Fitts,--but with good, sensible surnames, it's fine." "It isn't a question of how it sounds, Mr.Percival." "Don't you like Doraine Clinton ?" "I like almost anything better than Ruth.

I suppose most people loathe the names that other people have given them." "No one knows that better than I.I sometimes wonder what they might have called me if I were a girl.

Nothing as nice as Doraine, or Ruth, I'll bet my soul on that.

Something like Guinevere Aphrodite, or Desdemona Venus, or--" "We are getting away from the subject," she interrupted crisply.

"Has it occurred to you that poor little Mrs.Cruise might like to name her own baby?
Why should you men take it upon yourselves to choose a name for her child?
Don't you think you were a trifle high-handed in the matter ?" "Of course, if Mrs.Cruise doesn't like Doraine, we will--" "You will suggest another, I suppose," she broke in scornfully.