WONDERING AT THE PLEASURE IT HAD GIVEN HER. IN THE NEXT BEDROOM, HER LITTLE DAUGHTER STRUGGLED TO KEEP AWAKE TO DISCOVER IF FATHER CHRISTMAS REALLY BROUGHT THE PRESENTS. BEFORE THE LIGHT OF CHRISTMAS DAY DAWNED, MUCH WAS DECIDED IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE. THE MEETING OF THE OLD LADY AND THE YOUNG BOY WOULD BE REMEMBERED BY THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR DAYS, AND WOULD HAVE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS FOR STEPHEN AMONETTI.