There was a very good reason: the source of the mysterious gifts and legacies had temporarily gone dry.
Most people would find it unusual if two strange men turned up in the middle of the night bearing mysterious gifts.
In one of these moments his eye rested upon Matilda's mysterious gift.
Then Swyley began claiming that his mysterious gift had suddenly deserted him completely.
Then, as the weather grew really cold, the mysterious gifts of animals and food stopped altogether.
Sometimes, like Felicie, they have the mysterious gift of intuition.
Either way, we can but try to make good choices, even with his most mysterious gifts.
Kenneth receives a mysterious gift of drawing materials, and begins to show his work to the girls.
Jordan must learn to deal with her own mysterious gift.
So Hattie wasn't even trying to hide that she was sending the mysterious gifts.