I 'm poor -- Pris is poor -- Stella Maynard is poor -- our housekeeping will have to be very simple and our table plain . You 'd have to live as we would . Now , you are rich and your boardinghouse fare attests the fact . '' `` Oh , what do I care for that ? '' demanded Phil tragically . `` Better a dinner of herbs where your chums are than a stalled ox in a lonely boardinghouse . Do n't think I 'm ALL stomach , girls . I 'll be willing to live on bread and water -- with just a LEETLE jam -- if you 'll let me come . '' `` And then , '' continued Anne , `` there will be a good deal of work to be done . Stella 's aunt ca n't do it all . We all expect to have our chores to do . Now , you -- '' `` Toil not , neither do I spin , '' finished Philippa . `` But I 'll learn to do things . You 'll only have to show me once . I CAN make my own bed to begin with . And remember that , though I ca n't cook , I CAN keep my temper . That 's something . And I NEVER growl about the weather . That 's more . Oh , please , please !
I never wanted anything so much XXXXX my life -- and this floor is awfully hard . ''
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