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Shanghai is such a small place, he says, And as for the electric toaster, hho expressed the hope that now we could have an extra piece of toast in the mornings without waiting for the number two boy to send to Dom-boy's for the bread, only of course that is just his way of being sar-elastic about the number two boy whom ho can't stand. The number two is my favourite and you may! be sure it wasn't he who took apart: the other two electric toasters the easy end of the Christmas sit-nation this year. I did all the worrying about presents and _he was very little help if any. He says I spent too much on all the presents I bought towards the last [which shows that a little head work jon my part before the eleventh hour was what was needed, He says! that the only way to Christmas shop is to have a budget and buy: your casual friends their things: first, as you start out by being econ-comical, and then to spend what's. left on your best friends. He says that I showed myself up as horribly feather-brained, as I waited to the last day to buy casual gifts and ended by getting nicer things for! people that didn't matter than I had got for people that did, He even wanted to know why T didn't do, some last minute shifting of presents and I wanted to know why he hadn't thought of it before Christmas, Not that it would have done any good if he had, because I take too many pains tying up Christmas parcels to ever undo them once the stickers are on. But that just! shows how incapable my husband of understanding the spirit Christmas. I really believe he considers it all a frightful waste of we had and couldn't get them working again. That was the number one boy and I'm sure it's because my husband and the number one boy are fond of mechanical toys that they get on so well together. Still it's rather disconcerting to have the number one quote my husband's opinions to me at every opportunity 8 though I were trying to put something over on my husband, But the number one boy is not going to get a chance to destroy this year's toaster because I'm almost sure from the wrappings where it] came from and I intend to exchange it for an electric bed-warmer. They must be such a comfort this kind of weather. And I intend to train the number two boy, beginning with January 1, to always have five pieces of toast instead of four. It's all in knowing how to handle a hus band T find,
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