"Why will you call her _Dexter_ when you know that it makes
her throw aside all civility?"
"Well, it _is_ too bad, I will allow," replied Plaisted, "but I own that I
have only myself to blame when I provoke her into making such stinging
retorts; but the temptation to tease her is irresistible, and I owe her for
a good many tricks she has played on me."
"Well, were I in your place, I would not call her 'Dexter' any more; though
if your experience of her is not warning enough, I need say nothing more."
"Well, I must admit that she has always had the best of it so far; but I
will take good care she has no chance to repeat any of her former
tactics--though, if I am not mistaken, I have good cause to remember every
visit I ever made to your house, thanks to her. However, I ought to take
the old proverb to heart, 'Those that live in glass houses should not throw
stones,' for I should feel vexed enough if my second name were thrown at me
in the same manner. It is quite as odious to me as 'Dexter' is to her."
"What is your second name? 'D.S.' are your initials, are they not?"
"Yes; but you would never guess what the 'S.
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