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`` I can do better 'n that . '' Mrs. Damper dived into the inner room , and re-emerged with a plateful of scraps . `` There 's always waste with children , '' she explained , `` and I got five . You ca n't think the load off one 's shoulders when they 're packed to school at nine o'clock . And that , I dessay , '' she wound up lucidly , `` is what softened me t ` ards you . Do you go to school , now ? '' `` Never did , '' answered Tilda , taking the plate and laying it before Godolphus , who fell-to voraciously .