and one of the other two said , `` just hereafter , girl , it 's what you 're supposed to say in these circumstances , you might try and make an effort '' , and then they all peered closer , and one of the others said , `` he looks a bit peaky , i reckon it 's all that foreign food '' , and then the youngest one said , `` nanny , i 've told you already , there 's no such place as thespia '' , and then they bickered a bit , and one of the old ones said , `` he ca n't hear us , can he ?