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"Isn't he adorable?" said Megan.
"A little overwhelming. Is he ours?"
"Yes, he's a wedding present from Joanna. We have had nice wedding presents, haven't we? That fluffy woolly thing that we don't know what it's for from Miss Marple, and the lovely Crown Derby tea set from Mr. Pye, and Elsie has sent me a toast rack"
"How typical!" I interjected.
"And she's got a post with a dentist and is very happy. And – where was I?"
"Enumerating wedding presents. Don't forget if you change your mind you'll have to send them all back."
"I shan't change my mind. What else have we got? Oh, yes, Mrs. Dane Calthrop has sent an Egyptian scarab."
"Original woman," I said.
"Oh! Oh! But you don't know the best. Partridge has actually sent me a present. It's the most hideous tea cloth you've ever seen. But I think she must like me now because she says she embroidered it all with her own hands."
"In a design of sour grapes and thistles, I suppose?"
"No; true lover's knots."
"Dear, dear," I said, "Partridge is coming on."
Megan had dragged me into the house.
She said:
"There's just one thing I can't make out. Besides the dog's own collar and lead, Joanna has sent an extra collar and lead. What do you think that's for?"
"That," I said, "is Joanna's little joke."
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