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Our mothers say they will cook us things -- steak , you know , and so on . '' `` Y -- e -- s , I will try it for -- the present . '' For some reason the `` things '' said to have been promised -- `` steak , you know , and so on , '' did not arrive . Will gave out soon after noon the first day . `` Aunt Stanshy , I shall starve if I stay there , '' said Will , appearing at her pantry door ; `` and if I did n't starve , they would kill me with their abominable ` cream ' that they make me buy , though they say it is at a reduced price . '' The restaurant was given up very soon . The president said that people had left the sea-side for the city , and they could hardly expect enough home trade to make it pay .