if i beg of momma for more fine crinoline dresses , why of course , dear , anything you want in this world and it is yours , as your birthright ... '' clarissa straightens up in the tub and continues , `` ... but if i were to say , daddy , please buy me a little boat like that jacky faber has so i could go out a-roving like she does , he would say , no , daughter , put such notions out of your head .