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asked Nancy after Judith had been informed of the feast awaiting her . `` Asked -- Miss Marlowe ? '' gasped Sally May ; `` well , of all the queer schools ! Ask a teacher if we may have a midnight supper ? Well , I reckon _ not _ ! '' `` Why , that 's the way we do , '' returned Nancy ; `` the lecture will be over early and then we 'll go up to the sitting-room and have our feed . '' `` Oh , that , '' said Sally May , `` is ridiculous and no fun at all .