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Now , next time , we will make it an absolute condition that every child has a bath before coming , and wears clean clothes ! '' `` But we made that a condition this time , and it did n't do any good . '' `` Very well . Next time '' -- flushed at the merest hint of opposition , Miss Toland would speak with annoyance -- `` next time every child who has n't had a bath will go straight into that tub , I do n't care if the performance does n't begin until midnight ! '' `` Well , '' Julia would concede tolerantly . She very speedily learned not to dispute these vigorous resolutions . Miss Toland always forgot them before morning ; she would not have considered them seriously in any case .