Names

Subject: Names
Quote:  “People should be more careful how they name their children…. I’ve got godchildren.  I know.  Blanche, one of ‘em is called—dark as a gypsy!  Then there’s Deirdre, Deirdre of the Sorrows—she’s turned out merry as a grig.  As for young Patience, she might as well have been named Impatience and be done with it!  And Diana—"  The old classical scholar shuddered.  “Weighs twelve stone now—and she’s only fifteen!”
Character:  Dr. Burton
Chapter/Story:  “How It All Came About”
Book Title/Copyright:  The Labors of Hercules, 1947