So that's what she means by Fay, and this here is Miss
Charity."
"She said something besides Faith."
"Well, when my lady got about again, they say if she was mad at their
coming all on a heap, she was madder still at their name. Bible
wasn't grand enough for her! I did hear tell that she throwed her
slipper at her husband's head, and was like to go into fits. So to
content her he came down, and took each one to Church, and had a fine
London name of my Lady's choosing tacked on in parson's register for
them to go by; but to my mind it ain't like their christened name.
Mine here got called for her share Amoretta."
"A little Love," cried Aurelia. "Oh, that is pretty. And what can
your name be, my dear little Fay? Will you tell me again?"
When repeated, it was plainly Fidelia, and it appeared that Hope had
been also called Letitia. As to age, Mrs. Wheatfield knew it was five
years last Michaelmas since the child had been brought to her from
whom she was so loth to part that she knew not how to go when her
husband came for her in his cart. He was a farmer, comfortably off,
though very homely, and there were plenty of children at home, so that
she had been ill spared to remain at the Park till Aurelia's arrival.
Thus she took the opportunity of going away while the little one was
asleep.
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