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We’re here to learn how to be…ladylike and refined, aren’t we? |
Ann wrote: |
“No, but this is a finishing school. We’re here to learn how to be…ladylike and refined, aren’t we? Bride Bettany, stop laughing at me! I’m serious!” |
Susan wrote: |
The Hannigan new girl sounds charming. Is she any relation to the matron in 'Annie'? |
Vikki wrote: |
Someone squash Geraldine quickly please! |
Ann wrote: |
Presumably they foresaw squalls ahead and as later events would show, they were not mistaken. |
Ann wrote: |
Geraldine had managed to catch a skirt on a splinter in the summer house and had torn it. It wasn’t badly damaged and could easily be repaired even by someone lacking prowess with a needle, but Miss Hannigan had objected to mending it herself. “I’ll just buy a new one,” she told the mistress. “Or I could write to Pa and ask him to send me a new one from one of his stores.” Patiently, Julie Berne had explained that this would be a waste of a perfectly serviceable item of clothing and there might come a time when Geraldine would not have the luxury of being able to acquire a new skirt just because an older one needed a few stitches. If such a thing were to happen, then Geraldine would be glad she had learnt how to mend, would she not? |
Lisa_T wrote: |
And at least at school services would be comparatively short. *absolutely loathes sitting in any lecture or sermon for longer than 30 mins* |