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Then she came closer to him , and put a hand on each of his shoulders . `` Happy New Year , dear , '' she said . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On New Year 's Day , the last day they were to be together , Blix and Condy took `` their walk , '' as they had come to call it -- the walk that included the lifeboat station , the Golden Gate , the ocean beach beyond the old fort , the green , bare , flower-starred hills and downs , and the smooth levels of the golf links . Blix had been busy with the last details of her packing , and they did not get started until toward two in the afternoon . `` Strike me ! '' exclaimed Captain Jack , as Blix informed him that she had come to say good-by . `` Why , ai n't this very sudden-like , Miss Bessemer ?