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For she has learned how to possess true democracy , not rebellion , courage and not hysterical threats to play the rebel , the slacker . `` And now I 'll make you a cup of coffee . And never let me catch you here again ! '' When Luke arrived home he found Steve O'Valley basking in the big chair he was wont to occupy , though it was past ten o'clock and he had anticipated questions from Mary as to his tardiness . Instead he found a very rosy-cheeked , almost sunrise-eyed sister who stammered her greeting as the flustered Mr. O'Valley found his hat and the neglected business portfolio and took his leave . To keep down the rising tide of overweight Beatrice abandoned the occult method of having a good time and turned her interest to new creeds containing continual bogus joy and a denial of the vicarious theory of life . But when she discovered that optimism was no deterrent to the oncoming tide of flesh she began a vigorous course in face bleaching , reducing , massage , and electrical treatments , with Trudy playing attentive friend and confidante and secretly chuckling over the Gorgeous Girl 's fast-appearing double chin and her disappearing waistline .