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`` Will thee come , if thee is asked ? '' `` Yes ; I 'll come -- _ if I 'm asked _ . Do n't thee bother to walk all the way back again , though . If by nine o'clock to-night I have heard nothing to the contrary , I shall understand that I am expected to dine with my tenants at ` Spite House . ' At what hour , please ? '' `` On Christmas , dinner is usually at three o'clock . And , if thee pleases , it is no longer ` Spite ' but ` Charity House . '