[A handwritten note, folded in half, is slipped under the door several hours after the Doctor's gift delivery. It reads:]
Doctor,
Thank you for the tie and buttons. Thanks for more than those, too.
I admit I'm not sure what to get someone who's as well-traveled as you, or what to get people in general for this holiday, since it's not really mine and all I can do is follow the example of others. But I'm not much of a baker, don't have much here anyone wants, and wasn't thinking of gifts back in Braccia anyway.
I guess what you've earned is the gift of honesty. It's not something I give out easily. But I'll do my best to honor it. Least I can do.
Dec. 25
Doctor,
Thank you for the tie and buttons. Thanks for more than those, too.
I admit I'm not sure what to get someone who's as well-traveled as you, or what to get people in general for this holiday, since it's not really mine and all I can do is follow the example of others. But I'm not much of a baker, don't have much here anyone wants, and wasn't thinking of gifts back in Braccia anyway.
I guess what you've earned is the gift of honesty. It's not something I give out easily. But I'll do my best to honor it. Least I can do.
- Rosinante.