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`` I was telling your daughter that she should go to college this winter , '' he explained , `` but she says she does n't want to leave you . '' `` If she wants to go , I wish she could , '' said Mrs. Comstock , a look of relief spreading over her face . `` Oh , all girls want to go to college , '' said Philip . `` It 's the only proper place to learn bridge and embroidery ; not to mention midnight lunches of mixed pickles and fruit cake , and all the delights of the sororities . '' `` I have thought for years of going to college , '' said Elnora , `` but I never thought of any of those things . '' `` That is because your education in fudge and bridge has been sadly neglected , '' said Philip . `` You should hear my sister Polly !