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["That's so!" remarked Gilbert to Nancy. THAT'S SO REMARKED GILBERT TO NANCY
a check for thirty-five dollars at Christmas to spend as you liked, but I must say I have not entire confidence in your judgment. You will be likelier far to decorate the walls of the house than to bring water into the kitchen sink. I therefore enclose you three hundred dollars and beg that you will have the well piped _at once_, and if there is any way to carry the water to the bedroom floor, do it, and let me send the extra amount involved. You will naturally have the well cleaned out anyway, but I should prefer never to know what you found in it. My only other large gift to you in the past was one of ornaments, sent, you remember, at the time of your wedding! ["We remember!" groaned the children in chorus.] I do not regret this, though my view of life, of its sorrows and perplexities, has changed somewhat, and I am more practical than I used to be. The general opinion is that in giving for a present an object of permanent beauty, your friends think of you whenever they look upon it. HAD INTENDED TO GIVE EACH OF YOU A CHECK FOR THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS AT CHRISTMAS TO SPEND AS YOU LIKED BUT I MUST STAY I HAVE NOT ENTIRE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR JUDGMENT YOU WILL BE LIKELIER FAR TO DECORATE THE WALLS OF THE HOUSE THAN TO BRING WATER INTO THE KITCHEN SINK I THEREFORE ENCLOSE YOU THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND BEG THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE WILL PIPE AT ONCE AND IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO CARRY THE WATER TO THE BEDROOM FLOOR DO IT AND LET ME SEND THE EXTRA AMOUNT INVOLVED YOU WILL NATURALLY HAVE THE WILL CLEANED OUT ANYWAY BUT I SHOULD PREFER TO NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU FOUND IN IT MY ONLY OTHER LARGE GIFT TO YOU IN THE PAST WAS ONE OF ORNAMENTS SENT YOU REMEMBER AT THE TIME OF YOUR WEDDING WE REMEMBER GROANED THE CHILDREN IN CHORUS I DO NOT REGRET THIS THOUGH MY VIEW OF LIFE OF ITS SORROWS AND PERPLEXITIES HAS CHANGED SOMEWHAT AND I AM MORE PRACTICAL THAN I USED TO BE THE GENERAL OPINION IS IN GIVING WHERE PRESENT AN OBJECT OF PERMANENT BEAUTY YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU WHENEVER THEY LOOK UPON IT
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