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What excerpt from the gift of magi represents the reader in the initial conflict of the story

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I've read the story before, and I believe that the initial conflict is when Della did not have enough money for her to buy her husband, Jim, a gift for Christmas. She only had $1.87, which basically couldn't afford anything.
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