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to the situation: 'We'll christen the piebald pig after him—the one that hasn't got a name yet. And that'll show we're sorry for our mistake!'
'I—I christened that pig this morning,' Harold guiltily confessed; 'I christened it after the curate. I'm very sorry—but he came and bowled to me last night, after you others had all been sent to bed early—and somehow I felt I had to do it!'
'Oh, but that doesn't count,' said Edward hastily; 'because we weren't all there. We'll take that christening off, and call it Uncle William. And you can save up the curate for the next litter!'
And the motion being agreed to without a division, the House went into Committee of Supply.
