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Moreover, she gradually became so indescribably quaint and bewitching and comical and saucy that every one sought diminutives for her; nicknames, fond names, little names, and all sorts of words that tried to describe her charm (and couldn't), so there was Poppet and Smiles and Minx and Rogue and Midget and Ladybird and finally Nan and Nannie by degrees, to soberer Nancy. MOREOVER SHE GRADUALLY BECAME SO INDESCRIBABLY QUAINT AND BEWITCHING AND COMICAL AND SAUCY THAT EVERYONE SOUGHT DIMINUTIVES FOR HER NICKNAMES FOND NAMES LITTLE NAMES AND ALL SORTS OF WORDS THAT TRIED TO DESCRIBE HER CHARM AND COULDN'T SO THERE WAS POPPET AND SMILES AND MINX AND ROGUE AND MIDGET AND LADYBIRD AND FINALLY NAN AND NANNY BY DEGREES TO SOBER AND NANCY
hey simply had to take some liberties with him. Besides, although he was the greatest disciplinarian that ever walked a deck, he was so soft and flexible on land that he was perfectly ridiculous and delightful.) The day when the children were christened Mother Carey's chickens was Nancy's tenth birthday, a time when the family was striving to give her her proper name, having begun wrong with her at the outset. She was the first, you see, and the first is something of an event, take it how you will. It is obvious that at the beginning they could not address a tiny thing on a pillow as Nancy, because she was too young. She was not even alluded to at that early date as "she," but always as "it," so they called her "baby" and let it go at that. Then there was a long period when she was still too young to be called Nancy, and though, so far as age was concerned, she might properly have held on to her name of baby, she couldn't with propriety, because there was Gilbert then, and he was baby. LT AND ANYWAY THEY LOVED HIM SO MUCH THEY SIMPLY HAD TO TAKE SOME LIBERTIES WITH HIM BESIDES ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE GREATEST DISCIPLINARIAN THAT EVER WALKED A DECK HE WAS SO SOFT AND FLEXIBLE ON LAND THAT HE WAS PERFECTLY RIDICULOUS AND DELIGHTFUL THE DAY WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE CHRISTENED MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS WAS NANCY'S TENTH BIRTHDAY TIME WHEN THE FAMILY WERE STRIVING TO GIVE HER PROPER NAME HAVING BEGUN WRONG WITH HER AT THE OUTSET SHE WAS FIRST YOU SEE AND THE FIRST IS SOMETHING OF AN OFFEND TAKE IT HOW YOU WILL IT IS OBVIOUS THAT AT THE BEGINNING THEY COULD NOT ADDRESS A TINY THING ON A PILLOW AS NANCY BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO YOUNG SHE WAS NOT EVEN ALLUDED TO AT THAT EARLY DATE AS SHE BUT ALWAYS AS IT SO THEY CALLED HER BABY AND LET IT GO AT THAT THEN THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD WHEN SHE WAS STILL TOO YOUNG TO BE CALLED NANCY AND THOUGH SO FAR AS AGE WAS CONCERNED SHE MIGHT PROPERLY HAVE HELD ON TO HER NAME OF BABY SHE COULDN'T WITH PROPRIETY BECAUSE THERE WAS GILBERT THEN AND HE WAS BABY
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