[She fidgets a bit — or rather, seems as though she'd like to, but is making herself resist the urge.]
All that...would make it feel a bit more like a proper Christmas, but...I shouldn't like to be a bother, either.
[Pause.]
It's simply that...well, I suppose I've begun to come 'round to the notion that things aren't like to be the way I remember them anymore, and perhaps not ever again, so there's really nothing to be done for it but to smile and try to make the most of what I have, isn't that so?
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[She fidgets a bit — or rather, seems as though she'd like to, but is making herself resist the urge.]
All that...would make it feel a bit more like a proper Christmas, but...I shouldn't like to be a bother, either.
[Pause.]
It's simply that...well, I suppose I've begun to come 'round to the notion that things aren't like to be the way I remember them anymore, and perhaps not ever again, so there's really nothing to be done for it but to smile and try to make the most of what I have, isn't that so?