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`` Yes , but -- '' `` No buts . If it had not been for me you would have gone naked and been arrested , or have forgotten to eat and starved to death . '' `` Now , my dear Bambi , I protest -- '' `` It will do you no good . Do n't I remember how you started off to meet your nine o'clock class clad in your pyjamas ? '' `` Oh , my child ! '' `` Do n't talk to me about impracticality . It 's my birthright . ''