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`` No , '' said Judith bluntly , `` I never thought of that . I wanted to be sure they knew why it happened . '' The two men exchanged glances . Professor Marshall said : `` Did n't you understand me when I told you at noon that even if you could make the girls let Camilla go to the picnic , she would n't have a good time ? You could n't make them like to have her ? '' `` Yes , I understood all right , '' said Judith , looking straight at her father , `` but if she could n't have a good time -- and no fault of hers -- I was n't going to let _ them _ have a good time either . I was n't trying to make them want her .