Definition of "Romola"

Price. Wot does Rummy stand for? Pet name praps?Rummy. Romola. It was out of a new book. Somebody me mother wanted to grow up like.Price. We're companions in misfortune, Rummy. Both of us got names that nobody cawnt pronounce. Consequently I'm Snobby and you're Rummy because Bill and Sally wasn't good enough for our parents.

1906, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara: Act I