Tabitha drew a long breath, shook the black hair out of her eyes, folded her lean brown arms across the nightgown, which looked considerably the worse for her climb in the sycamore tree, and hesitated. "A name could have more than one part, couldn't it?" she finally asked. "I suppose so; most people have more than one." "Well, it's rather hard to choose, for I have heard so many names, though never any as grand as these in the Bible. Even 'Rosalie' isn't so grand; do you think so? I--believe--I'd--like--to be called"--Tom waited expectantly as she shifted from foot to foot and tried to make the important decision.--"Theodora Marcella Gabrielle Julianna Victoria Emeline. Say, Tom, will you call me that? Just when we're alone, of course, so Dad wouldn't hear it." Tom caught his breath as if a dash of cold water had suddenly struck his face. "Gracious, Puss! I never could remember all that. Say it again, can you?" "Of course! That's easy, and _so_ pretty. Theodora Marcella Gabrielle Julianna Victoria Emeline. Why, it sounds just like a princess, Tom! I believe I could be good and not get mad all the time if I had a name like that. I _know_ I could. I wouldn't envy Rosalie Meywood one bit. Don't you think that is a perfectly grand name, Tom?" Tom bit his lip to keep from laughing as he soberly answered, "Tip-top, Puss. I'll call you that sometimes--that is, as much of it as I can remember, if you want me to; just in play, you know. Won't Dora be enough?" "Oh no! Why, that's hardly any of it. Dora is a pretty name, but Theodora is _grand_. If you forget part of it, remember the Theodora Gabrielle part. That is the best of it. Wouldn't you like to have me call you something else besides Tom? There are some awfully nice boys' names written in that Bible. Which did you think were the grandest?" "Oh, I like Ulysses first rate. That was Gen. Grant's name, you know, and he was a trump. He made some regular splendid fights." Tabitha was evidently disappointed at his selection, and he hastily asked, "What do you think is the best name for a boy?" "The _grandest_ name I think is Di--what did you call it? Dionysius? Wouldn't Dionysius Ulysses Humphrey Llewelyn be splendid? Or would you like some more? There are six parts to my name--" "Oh, no," Tom interrupted hastily. "That is long enough for me. Men don't need as many names as girls, I reckon. You may have to remind me what my name is to be, for I am afraid I shall always be forgetting it. Suppose we shorten it to Ulysses. You cut yours down a little, you know." "That was just so you could remember it, and as I have to do the remembering of your name anyway, I reckon I will call you the whole thing. It's a heap prettier than Thomas Catt."