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`` Well , that 's enough , '' responded his mother ; `` there 's more 'n one way of eatin ' , let me tell yer , 'n' you 've got a heap ter learn about it , Peter Ruggles . Land sakes , I wish you childern could see the way I was fetched up to eat . I never took a meal o ' vittles in the kitchen before I married Ruggles ; but yer ca n't keep up that style with nine young ones 'n' yer Pa always off ter sea . '' The big Ruggleses worked so well , and the little Ruggleses kept from `` under foot '' so successfully , that by one o'clock nine complete toilets were laid out in solemn grandeur on the beds . I say , `` complete ; '' but I do not know whether they would be called so in the best society . The law of compensation had been well applied : he that had necktie had no cuffs ; she that had sash had no handkerchief , and _ vice versa _ ; but they all had shoes and a certain amount of clothing , such as it was , the outside layer being in every case quite above criticism . `` Now , Sarah Maud , '' said Mrs. Ruggles , her face shining with excitement , `` everything 's red up an ' we can begin .