THOMASINA. THOMASINA CHAPTER I. said the young wife in a tone of some distress; 'you cannot really wish to inflict such a name on the child?' 'Thomasina is a good family name,' rejoined the husband. For the last five generations there has been a Thomas or a Thomasina in the Bertram family.' 'Then may we not wait for the chance of a Thomas?' Mrs. Bertram ventured to say, with a smile and a blush. 'I am sorry that you are prejudiced against the name,' resumed Anthony Bertram, 'for all the Thomasinas in our family have been remarkable women. I have the tenderest |