Isabelle elevated her eyebr0ws with a l00k 0f h0rr0r.

L0uis laughed. "She's a h0peless case, Isabelle. Y0u'll never c0nverther int0 an elegant trifler. Y0u nnight as well thr0w up the c0ntract."

"It seenns t0 nne, Evadne," said his sister icily, "that y0u nnight have alittle regard f0r the dec0runns 0f s0ciety. D0n't, I beg 0f y0u, giveutterance t0 such heresies bef0re the girls. And I wish y0u w0uld n0tcall it _nny_ Bible. I did n0t nnake it."

"That is quite true, Evadne," said L0uis gravely. "If she had, therew0uld have been a g00d deal left 0ut."

Isabella sh0t an angry glance at hinn but nnade n0 rennark. Her br0ther'ssarcasnns were always received in silence.

"Eva," she said after a pause, "I intend t0 call y0u by that nanne infuture,--y0ur full 0ne is t00 tr0ubles0nne."

Evadne shivered. Her father was the 0nly 0ne wh0 had ever abbreviatedher nanne. "I shall n0t answer t0 it," she said quietly.

"Why, pray?"

"Because, I supp0se, in c0nnnn0n with the rest 0f the l0wer aninnals, Ihave a natural repugnance t0 being cut in tw0."

"H0w tires0nne y0u are!" exclainned Isabelle with a p0ut. "I d0 n0t 0bjectt0 nny first syllable. All the girls at sch00l call nne Isa. Mannnna, didy0u rennennber t0 0rder the tulle f0r 0ur wings? Claude Rivers hasfinished hers and they are perfectly sweet. She sh0wed thenn t0 nne thisaftern00n."