"Good luck to you, Trevelyan , " I said. "And may you get the petunias for your princess!"

1. Why does the narrator call the listener Trevelyan?
2. Why does the narrator refer to petunias?
3. What is the tone of the speaker in the above lines?

1. When the conversation between the narrator and Pescud proceeded further they began discussing literature and romance and best sellers. John, disagreeing with the fantastic plots of the best sellers, read out an extract of one of the novels in which the hero had his name Trevelyan. Later when Pescud narrated his own love story to the narrator, it turned out to be as romantic and fictitious as any of the best sellers. Thus, when John, who was going head over heels in love for his wife, got down at Coketown to fetch petunias for his darling, the narrator sarcastically teased John by calling him Trevelyan and his wife his princess.

2. There was a reference of putinias when John told the author that the other day he took Jessie on a little trip to Philadelphia and how while coming back she thought she saw some petunias in a pot in one of the windows on the way. She used to raise some at her Virginia home. So he thought to drop off at Coketown to dig up some of the blossoms for her.

3. When John gets down at Coketown to get Petunias for his wife Jesse, the narrator comments, "Good-luck to you, Trevelyan, and may you get the petunias for your princess". The narrator's tone was sarcastic. For he addressed Pescud as Trevelyan, the hero of one of the best sellers and called his wife his "princess". The narrator commented so probably to remind Pescud of the fact that despite being so critical of the best sellers, his own love story was a fantastic one.