"
"He did alarm Her Serenity herself," said Babie, laughing. "When she
would go on about grand sponsors and ancestral names, he told her
that he should carry the baby off to Church and have him christened
Jock out of hand, and what a dreadful thing that would be for the
peerage. I believe she thought he meant it."
"The name is to be John," said Mrs. Evelyn—-"John Marmaduke. He has
secured his godmother"-—laying a hand affectionately on Babie-—"but I
must not forestall his request to his two earliest and best friends."
"Dear old fellow!" murmured Jock.
"Everybody is somewhat frantic," said Barbara.
"Jock's varieties of classes were almost distracted and besieged the
door, till Susan was fain to stick the last bulletins in the window
to save answering the bell; then no sooner did they hear he was
better than they began getting up a testimonial. Percy Stagg wrote
to me, to ask for his crest for some piece of plate, and I wrote back
that I was sure Dr. Lucas Brownlow would like it best to go in
something for the Mission Church; and if they wanted to give him
something for his very own, suppose they got him a brass plate for
the door?"
"Bravo, Infanta; that was an inspiration!"
"So they are to give an alms-dish, and Ali and Elfie give the rest of
the plate.
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