The Gift of the Magi

Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jewelled rims --- just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair.
They were expensive combs, she knew, and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them without the least hope of possession.
And now they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.

tortoise : カメ　（turtle はウミガメ）
with jewelled rims : ふちに宝石をちりばめた
just the ～ vanished hair : 彼女の美しかった今はなき髪に挿すにはちょうどピッタリの色合い
vanish : 消える、なくなる
had simply craved and yearned over ～ : ～をただ心から欲しいと思いあこがれていただけだった
possession : 財産、所有
the tresses : 長いおぐし
the craved adornments : あこがれていた飾り
covet : むやみに欲しいと思う
adorn : 飾り立てる