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was Walter 's comment . `` Oh , you do n't know what we girls have to go through with at the Hall -- what trials and privations , '' said his sister , feelingly . `` I can see it 's making you thin , Sis , '' scoffed the boy . `` And how about all those midnight suppers , and candy sprees , and the like ? '' `` Mercy ! '' exclaimed Bess . `` If it were not for those extras we should all starve to death .