A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint. Even Rupert sounds somehow cool when attached to a navy-blue St Oswald's blazer.

'What about Rupert?' his mother says brightly. 'I've always loved the name Rupert and it's an old family name on my side.'
'Sounds like...a whatdyoucallit?' Ted's father says, folding up the newspaper and tossing it to the floor.
'What?'
'A...' Ted's father puts his hand to his brow '...you know...a thing that children take to bed. Um...Brideshead...um...teddy-bear! That's it. A teddy-bear.'

Rupert

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