twelve
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Judith laughed happily . `` Oh , Mumsy , what a spendthrift you are with your breath ! I 'm going to dance my dress to a rag . Did you ever think that Cinderella may have just danced her dress to rags by twelve o'clock and after all the fairy godmother had nothing to do with it ? Cinderella danced every dance with the prince and perhaps he was an awkward prince and tangled his feet in her train . In fact , I am sure he was awkward or he would have caught up with her when she tried to run away , and she with one shoe off and one shoe on like ` Diddle , diddle , dumpling , my son John ! ' '' `` Let me help you out , Mrs. Buck . ''