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Show -251- "How nice!" she said. "Just xrhat I need." "I think Grandpa got that for himself," the Professor's daughter said. "To use a t the bar." "Of course," the Professor replied. His present from his xrife came next: a pair of light leather, sheepskin-lined, houses Uppers. "Just xrhat I_ need," ho said. "He r e a l l y does," his wife explained. "Bo's alxays complaining about his feet being cold in the xrinter. They were handsome slippers, and the Professor really did need and appreciate the g i f t. They proceeded around the c i r c l e . Most of the gifts from the children were small, inexpensive items, some imaginative, some not. The Son-in-law's gift to his xrife xas a large set of pastel crayons, imported from France. Hers to him xas an equally elaborate set of drafting tools, set into a velvet-lined leather box. The Professor guessed that these xrere gifts settled on between them ahead of time. When they got back again to the Professor's xrife, the older granddaughter feigned surprise. "Oh, look!" she cried. "Here's another to Grandma - from Grandpa!" The Professor's xrife gave her husband a look that seemed to say: What a r e you up to noxr? When she got the small package open, i t xas a set of jade beads. She held them up for a l l to see. |