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In the story I'm reading, a girl is given a gift from her boyfriend, after
which she says,

> 「それをもらったの… **私だけなの** が幸せなのです…」

I'm at a complete loss as to how to parse this.「私だけなの」is happy? "Only I am
happy"? Somehow I find that interpretation unlikely, as the boyfriend isn't
popular and the girl isn't the jealous type.

Could someone shed some light on this?
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translation meaning
What's the meaning of 私だけなのが?
> 「それをもらったの…私だけなの」が、幸せなのです…  
>  →「それをもらったの **は** 私だけである(という)こと」が、幸せなのです。
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> (literally) Happiness is that it was only me who received it.  
>  What is happy is that I am the only person who received it (from the boy).

The second の before が is a nominalizer. The part in the brackets is a cleft-
sentence, but は (or が) is replaced by an ellipsis (presumably because she is a
taciturn character).
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