So this is what all our fine ambitions have come to , Lexy , your music and my M.D. . A place in a department store for you , and one in a lumber mill for me . '' `` I do n't dare to complain , '' said Alexina slowly . `` We ought to be so thankful to get the positions . I am thankful . And I do n't mind so very much about my music . But I do wish you could have gone to college , Stephen . '' `` Never mind me , '' said Stephen , brightening up determinedly . `` I 'm going to go into the lumber business enthusiastically . You do n't know what unsuspected talents I may develop along that line . The worst of it is that we ca n't be together . But I 'll keep my eyes open , and perhaps I 'll find a place for you in Lessing . '' Alexina said nothing . Her separation from Stephen was the one point in their fortunes she could not bear to discuss . There were times when Alexina did not see how she was going to exist without Stephen . But she never said so to him . She thought he had enough to worry him without her making matters worse . `` Well , '' said Stephen , getting up , `` I 'll run down to the office . And see here , Lexy . Day after tomorrow is Christmas .
Are we going XXXXX celebrate it at all ?
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