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 "Well," he said, as he entered, "I wish you a happy new year, my dear!"

She was still blushing. "Oh," she said, "I've just got so many beautiful, wonderful presents! They're simply lovely; but I can't understand why they were all sent to me at once." She looked away.

"And no idea where they came from, either, I suppose?"

She cast down her eyes. "I suppose only an Oriental would be so munificent—and so mysterious. And I'm sure of one thing—that my Oriental's presents have brought me even more delight than hers did to Priscilla!"