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Show -240- into the kitchen for refills. The older granddaughter came over to the Professor, his present from Chicago in her hands. "Grandpa, I bet I know xrhat your present here is." "I bet I do too," he replied. "It's a book." "Yes," he said. "It's a book. But what book?" "Do you know?" she asked. He shook his head. "That's the important thing," he said. "It will still be a surprise." She carried the present back and replaced it under the tree. "I wish i t xas time to open the presents," she said. "I do too," her s i s t e r added. "Now, now! There's plenty of time," their mother told them. Her husband came in xrith the r e f i l l e d glasses. "I think xre should eat pretty soon," she said. "I'd like to have the table cleared xrhen the guests a r r i v e ." "We've plenty of time," her husband told her- "Do you xant me to freshen that?" He pointed to the half-empty Scotch and xater that sat before her on the table. "No," she said. " I t ' s fine." He passed the drinks to the Professor and his xrife, then went back into the kitchen and cane out with a straight Scotch, |