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A new nursemaid came, a thin white girl with protruding eyes. Her name was Isabel, but she was called Susan as being More Suitable. This puzzled Vernon very much. He asked Nurse for an explanation. + 

тАЬThere are names that are suitable to the gentry, Master Vernon, and names that are suitable for servants. ThatтАЩs all there is to it.тАЭ + 

тАЬThen why is her real name Isabel?тАЭ + 

тАЬThere are people who when they christen their children set themselves up to ape their betters.тАЭ + 

The word тАЬapeтАЭ had a distracting influence on Vernon. Apes were monkeys. Did people christen their children at the zoo? + 

тАЬI thought people were christened in church.тАЭ + 

тАЬSo they are, Master Vernon.тАЭ + 

Very puzzling. Why was everything so puzzling? Why were things more puzzling than they used to be? Why did one person tell you one thing and another person something quite different? + 

тАЬNurse, how do babies come?тАЭ + 

тАЬYouтАЩve asked me that before, Master Vernon. The little angels bring them in the night through the window.тАЭ + 

тАЬThat Am-am-amтБатАФтАЭ + 

тАЬDonтАЩt stammer, Master Vernon.тАЭ + 

тАЬAmenkun lady who cameтБатАФshe said I was found under a gooseberry bush.тАЭ + 

тАЬThatтАЩs the way they do with American babies,тАЭ said Nurse serenely. + 

Vernon heaved a sigh of relief. Of course! He felt a throb of gratitude to Nurse. She always knew. She made the unsteady swaying universe stand still again. And she never laughed. His mother did. He had heard her say to other ladies, тАЬHe asks me the quaintest questions. Just listen to this.тБатАКтБатАж ArenтАЩt children funny and adorable?тАЭ + 

But Vernon couldnтАЩt see that he was funny or adorable at all. He just wanted to know. YouтАЩd got to know. That was part of growing up. When you were grown up you knew everything and had gold sovereigns in your purse. + 