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I gave the last four that I received to the lift boy, and I like to think of him reading them, with FitzGerald's notes, to his aged mother. Lift boys always have aged mothers; shows such nice feeling on their part, I think. Personally, I can't see where the difficulty in choosing suitable presents lies. I GAVE THE LAST FOUR THAT I RECEIVED TO THE LIFT BOY AND I LIKE TO THINK OF HIM READING THEM WITH FITZGERALD'S NOTES TO HIS AGED MOTHER LIVED BOYS ALWAYS HAVE AGED MOTHERS SHOWS SUCH NICE FEELING ON THEIR PART I THINK PERSONALLY I CAN'T SEE WHERE THE DIFFICULTY IN CHOOSING SUITABLE PRESENTS LIES
 nines_! I sent them to a boy whom I hated intimately: he didn't wear them, of course, but he could have--that was where the bitterness of death came in. It was nearly as consoling as sending white flowers to his funeral. Of course I wrote and told my aunt that they were the one thing that had been wanting to make existence blossom like a rose; I am afraid she thought me frivolous--she comes from the North, where they live in the fear of Heaven and the Earl of Durham. (Reginald affects an exhaustive knowledge of things political, which furnishes an excellent excuse for not discussing them.) Aunts with a dash of foreign extraction in them are the most satisfactory in the way of understanding these things; but if you can't choose your aunt, it is wisest in the long-run to choose the present and send her the bill. Even friends of one's own set, who might be expected to know better, have curious delusions on the subject. I am _not_ collecting copies of the cheaper editions of Omar Khayyam. R OF BUTTONS BUT THEY WERE NINES I SENT THEM TO A BOY WHOM I HATED INTIMATELY HE DIDN'T WEAR THEM OF COURSE BUT HE COULD HAVE THAT WAS WHERE THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH CAME IN IT WAS NEARLY AS CONSOLING AS SENDING WHITE FLOWERS TO HIS FUNERAL OF COURSE I WROTE AND TOLD MY AUNT THAT THEY WERE THE ONE THING THAT HAD BEEN WANTING TO MAKE EXISTENCE BLOSSOM LIKE A ROSE I AM AFRAID SHE THOUGHT ME FRIVOLOUS SHE COMES FROM THE NORTH WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE FEAR OF HEAVEN AND THE EARL OF DURHAM REGINALD AFFECTS AN EXHAUSTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS POLITICAL WHICH FURNISHES AN EXCELLENT EXCUSE FOR NOT DISCUSSING THEM AUNTS WITH A DASH OF FOREIGN EXTRACTION IN THEM ARE THE MOST SATISFACTORY IN THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING THESE THINGS BUT IF YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR AUNT IT IS WISEST IN THE LONG RUN TO CHOOSE THE PRESENT AND SEND HER THE BILL EVEN FRIENDS OF ONE'S OWN SET WHO MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO KNOW BETTER HAVE CURIOUS DELUSIONS ON THE SUBJECT I AM NOT COLLECTING COPIES OF THE CHEAPER EDITIONS OF OMAR KHAYAM
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