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`` Mamma , this is not very pleasant , '' said Clarissa . `` No , my dear . We will leave the field to Maria . Come to me at ten o'clock , Matilda . '' The two ladies filed off up-stairs , and Maria sat down to cry . Matilda began to clear the table , going softly back and forth between the basement and the kitchen as if there were trouble in the house . Maria sobbed .