As she walked round the huge department store, Elaine (67) how difficult it was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She (68) that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was (69) delighted with perfume. (70) , shopping at this time of the year was a most disagreeable experience: people (71) on your toes, pushed you with their elbows and almost knocked you (72) in their (73) to get to a bargain (74) of you. Partly to have a rest, Elaine paused in front of a(n) (75) where some attractive ties were on display. "They are real silk," the assistant (76) her, trying to persuade her. " (77) double the price. " But Elaine knew from her past experience that her (78) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. She moved on reluctantly and then (79) by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some good quality pipes on (80) and the prices were very reasonable. Elaine did not (81) for long; (82) her father only smoke a cigar occasionally, she knew that this was a present which was (83) to please him. When she got home, with her small but (84) present concealed in her handbag, her parents were already (85) table having supper. Her mother was in an especially cheerful (86) . "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she informed her daughter.