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Her mind was full of an adventure through which she had passed seven years previously , when she was thirteen and a little girl at school . For several days , then , she had been ruthlessly mortifying her mother by complaints about the meals . Her fastidious appetite could not be suited . At last , one noon when the child had refused the whole of a plenteous dinner , Mrs. Lessways had burst into tears and , slapping four pennies down on the table , had cried , `` Here ! I fairly give you up ! Go out and buy your own dinner ! Then perhaps you 'll get what you want ! ''