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He would tease me to death if it were all left . '' `` It wo n't be ! '' cried Betty stoutly . `` If the worst comes to the worst , I shall be so ravenous with disappointment and nervous strain by six o'clock , that I shall be able to demolish enough for ten . '' `` And you ca n't say you have had nobody . You have had Miss Perks , '' added Cynthia slyly ; but Mrs Vanburgh refused to be comforted , and wandered disconsolately up and down the room , peering out of each of the three windows in succession , and watching the clock with anxious dismay . `` Half-past four , and not one here !