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#1: Return of the Robin Author: Cath, Location: Coventry

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:01 pm

This is my first CS drabble, so please be nice! Laughing

I'm a little rusty in certain aspects so forgive me if I mess up a certain fact. Much thanks to Catherine and Gem for when I was tearing my hair out over the plotline!

Joey Maynard swept into Freudesheim early Saturday evening, her eyes glittering with happiness as she bore down on her three youngest children and gave them tender kisses, before turning to her husband.

“Oh, Jack!” She said in a husky voice, and he raised his eyebrows.

“Everything all right? You seem to have gone all soppy on me.”

Instantly, Jo straightened herself up and glared at him. “What nonsense! Honestly, Jack, how could you say such a thing? I’m just happy that I’ve seen Robin.”

“As I guessed.” Jack said wryly.

“Soppy, indeed!” Joey looked mortified. “Can’t a woman give her family a warm greeting after a long day?”

“Of course.” Jack resisted the temptation to roll his eyes, and motioned to one of the well-stuffed chairs in the salon. “Sit down, for heaven’s sake, and take some biscuits and tea.” Huffing indignantly, Joey obediently sat down, and, after taking several sips of the tea Rösli had appeared with, turned to Jack, her eyes still sparkling.

“But oh, Jack, how marvelous it was to see the Robin again! It’s been so long – and she hasn’t changed in the slightest. Apart from a little bit thinner, but she’s the same old Rob!”

“Yes, she is.” Jack said distractedly. He had picked up several letters from the table whilst Joey was finishing her tea, and was now absorbed in them. “I expect she’ll be glad to spend a few days away from work.”

“Glad!” Joey grinned. “She’s simply fuming over it! Oh, you know Robin, she loves her work, and she’s swearing she’ll be bored stiff just hanging around the house.”

Jack dropped his letters suddenly. “I say! What’s she been saying?”

“Oh, not much.” Joey said casually. “Just that she doesn’t know what all the fuss is about. I told her that she has to have some holiday during the year, but she certainly squashed me on that one!”

“I hope you squashed her back!” Jack retorted with little regard for his English. “What nonsense! At that rate, I’ll be telling her it’s more than a week’s break, and see how she likes that!”

Joey set her cup down and stared hard at her husband. “What’s the why of that?”

“I don’t think she realises that if she carries on working the way she has, she’ll be laid up in San for a lot longer than two days.”

“Jack – it’s not serious?” Joey looked horrified. “What have you not been telling me”

Cursing himself inwardly Joey had enough on her plate with Ailie’s illness – Jack cleared his throat and wondered how to put it delicately. “Not at the moment, no.” He told her finally. “But all this traveling, and constant work, even if she does enjoy it, she’s not been getting much sleep and her appetite has decreased immensely, is not good for her. Robin needs to remember that although she’s much stronger than she was as a child, there’s still the threat there.”

Joey pondered that for a moment. “So, as long as she gets plenty of rest while she’s here, and doesn’t do an ounce of work, she’ll be fine?”

“I expect so.” Jack nodded, trying hard to smile and reassure his wife.

“Well, that’s fine!” Joey got to her feet and brushed down her dress. “Robin may be stubborn, but this time, to no avail. When she comes down to Freudesheim tomorrow, she’ll be waited on hand and foot, and there’s no getting out of it.”

“There’s something very wrong with that sentence.” Jack muttered good-humouredly.

#2: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:04 pm

Already intrigued. Liz

#3: Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:14 pm

Looking forward to hearing more, Jack seems very mysterious in this!

#4: Author: Joey, Location: Cambridge

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 2:22 pm

Oo, intriguing. What's wrong with Robin? And Ailie? And why is Jack being all myterious?

#5: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:15 pm

Looks good Cath, will be interested to see exactely why Jack is being so mysterious.

#6: Author: Elzbie, Location: London

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 3:47 pm

Oooooo, I have a feeling I know when it's set. When do we get more... (not that I'm impatient or anything!). I like Jack's eye rolling! Laughing

#7: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 4:09 pm

Like the look of this! Cheers Cath Very Happy

#8: Author: Guest,

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 6:11 pm

Isn't this just after the Robin had been doing settlement work after coming down from Oxford? Which reminds me, all good Chalet girls go to Oxford, don't they? Juliet stands out a little in that respect (Holloway). Did none of them think of going to Cambridge? They were awarding full degrees to women by the 1940s, I think. Or University College, London, which was awarding full degrees to women in the 19th century, long before Oxford did. Or was it the social cachet (as there still is)?

#9: Author: catherine, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:10 pm

Robin joined the La Sagesse convent in Canada at more or less the same time as Joey and co. moved out to Switzerland. And being 'in the know' so to speak, I can tell you this is set much later! What's wrong with Ailie, Cath? And when do we get to read more? Very Happy

#10: Author: Lisa, Location: South Coast of England

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:09 pm

Your writing sparkles, Cath! I loved your characterisation of Joey & Jack - it was spot on! Laughing

#11: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:25 pm

(Who was that mysterious poster?? Laughing

) Cath this looks really great - definiely intrigued.

#12: Author: pim, Location: Helmel Hampster

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:35 pm

*warms up voice in preparation for chanting* Liking this so far Cath Very Happy

#13: Author: Lisa_T, Location: Belfast

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:42 pm

*doesn't worry about the warming up* ME TOO! More please Very Happy

#14: Author: Kelly, Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 9:58 pm

Liking this very much Cath. More please.

#15: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:06 pm

Cath, this is great! More soon please!

#16: Author: Pat, Location: Doncaster

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:10 pm

Joning in the chanting for more!!

#17: Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:35 pm

Cath, I know you've been planning this drabble for quite some time, and being FAR more organised than I am with River, I'm sure you have several posts written. So where are they? Wink

Loving the beginning hun! Good portrayal of the characters, intriguing storyline and very well written. And I know what happened to Ailie!! Very Happy

*gloating to best of her ability*

#18: Author: Ann, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:15 am

Careful now Gem, we all know what happens to gloaters... Brilliant start Cath - any chance of some more?

#19: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:23 am

*preparing to join the chant* Liz

#20: Author: Cath, Location: Coventry

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 2:37 pm

Just a note: I'm not too clued up on nuns and convents, so if any of this is completely wrong, or Ailie is very off course, feel free to beat me down! Laughing

I'm afraid I got rather carried away with this!

Ailie Russell was practically itching with boredom. She had been told over and over by her father and uncle, and the various nurses that were going in and out, that she had to have some rest and not move around too much in case she burst the stitches. That wasn’t Ailie’s idea of a fun day. She was never one to sit still for long, and the fact that all her friends were in school, her mother had just gone home, and her aunt was busy with the rest of the children, wasn’t boding well for the sixteen-year-old. She was sure she had read all the books she had three times over in the past few days – there was nothing to do. Glaring at the wall, Ailie shifted from left to right, fluffed up her pillows and straightened her blanket. The book slid off the down and onto the floor, and Ailie glared at that instead. She was bored.

“Bored, Ailie?”

Letting out a delighted shriek that would have disturbed plenty of people had Ailie not been in a private room, a smile stretched across her face as Robin Humphries stepped into the room.

“Auntie Rob! Oh, how – how wonderful!"

Robin giggled. “I take it no one told you that I’ve been at Freudesheim for the past few days, then?”

Ailie shook her head ruefully. “They’re all being rather mysterious. Dad and Uncle Jack are whispering about something all the time – and Mother’s been quite quiet. Either they wanted to keep it a surprise or just forgot to tell me. Oh, Auntie Rob! What are you doing here?”

Robin settled herself into the armchair next to her young niece’s bed. “I was at a convent in the area.” She told Ailie. “I wrote to Jack and Joey to tell them where I was and they came for a visit on Jack’s day off. Next thing I know, I’m here, and to stay at Freudesheim for a week or so. I know what you mean about the mystery of it all, though! I’ve hardly seen Jack over the past few days.” She eyed the teenager. “And how are you holding up, young Ailie?”

“Oh, I’m bored.” Ailie grumbled, sounding not unlike a spoiled child. “And I’m not allowed to eat for twenty-four hours, because of my stomach – I suppose it’s something like twenty hours now – and I’m starving.” Robin smiled. “You would find it would be quite painful to eat after just having an operation, anyway, Ailie.”

“But still. I’m hungry.” Ailie moaned. “And bored. I’m not allowed to move. And I ache.” She shut her mouth, realising she was getting into a whiney stage.

“Never mind. In a few days you’ll be feeling fit as a fiddle and you can go home.”

Ailie pulled a face. “Where Mother will probably shove me in bed for another week.”

“Be thankful it’s your mother and not Matron!” Robin reminded Ailie, who grimaced at the mere thought of Matron keeping a watchful eye on her. “Yes, I suppose you’re right. But I don’t want to get so far behind in school that Judy, Janice, Jane and Adrienne leave me behind at the end of the year! That would be simply ghastly!”

“I doubt you will – after all, if, like you say, you’re to stay at home for a week afterwards, that will only be a week out of school. It’s the holidays right now, isn’t it?”

Ailie nodded, looking mournful. “It would happen to me, missing all the fun of Christmas! Stuck in a bed while everyone else is out singing carols and toasting marshmallows… just my luck!”

Robin smothered a laugh. “Be grateful you didn’t miss Christmas Day.” She told her. “That’s the most important celebration of the year. You just missed the aftermath, after all.”

“The aftermath is the best part.” Ailie winced. “I say, Auntie Rob, I am sorry!”

“What for?”

“I’m whining and complaining like the world has come to an end! I say, I must sound like a spoiled brat. When so many people here are…” She hesitated and trailed off, thinking of all these other patients at the San. Robin smiled.

“The main fact is that you acknowledged it. There are so many people that don’t realise there are people worse off themselves. Completely oblivious to what’s happening around them – that’s one of the reasons I devoted myself to God – I wanted to help.”

Ailie looked solemn, and made the decision not to complain about her state again – a sore stomach and not being able to eat for twenty-four hours was nothing, especially when there were so many people that couldn’t afford to have food for days on end. “That’s – really amazing, Auntie Rob.” She finally said, not sure what to say.

“Not really. I don’t think there’s anything spectacular about wanting to help people, is there?”

“But you’re devoting your life to them, to God. That’s spectacular.” Ailie smiled ruefully. “I don’t much about it all, I’m afraid, Auntie Rob.”

Robin hesitated. “The majority of our time is spent devoting ourselves to doing God’s work, Ailie, and supporting the convent that we live at. As I’m traveling at the moment, I help out with whatever convent I’m staying with at the present. Basically our lives are work, prayer and faith.”

“You helped Adrienne.” Ailie said suddenly. “You saved her life, really.”

Robin flushed. “I only did what was told by Reverend Mother, Ailie.”

“No, you did more than that.” Ailie insisted. “I remember Adrienne speaking to me about it once. She said that you could have just dropped her off at the school and never spoken to her again. But you didn’t. You wrote to her, you gave her guidance…” Ailie blinked. “I swear I don’t know where all this is coming from. I must be going mad from the operation!” She laughed. “But I mean it, Auntie Rob. You’re all she has – and everything she has.”

“You’re right, I think you are going mad.” Robin joked. “Thanks for all the flowers, but what’s it all for?”

“I don’t know. It was what you said – about people being worse off. Adrienne was one of them and you helped her through that.”

“She’s a relative. That’s what family do.”

“But you didn’t know she was a relative when you helped her.”

Robin shook her head, then glanced at the watch hanging from her robe. “I have to go now, Ailie – you need your rest and Uncle Jem would kill me if he knew how long I’d stayed! But don’t think about it too much, okay? Rest, and when you’re well, if you like, we’ll talk some more about it – without the flowers.”

Ailie nodded, her usually mischievous face full of seriousness. “I’d like that.” She said solemnly and as Robin left the room, picked at her blanket, thinking hard despite Robin’s warning. Neither her mother nor Joey had ever spoken to her about Robin’s situation. She didn’t remember them ever having brought it up, in fact. All she had known was that her Auntie Rob was a nun and lived in a convent. She had figured that all they did was spend their day praying – but there was so much more to that. Snuggling down under the cover, Ailie stared at the ceiling, forgetting about her earlier complaints of boredom. Being a nun sounded rather exciting!

#21: Author: Gem, Location: Saltash/Aberystwyth

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:08 pm

Luffly Cath! Thanks!

#22: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:15 pm

Oohh this is good, thank you Cath Very Happy

#23: Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:45 pm

Ailie a nun? Shocked

Thanks for the update!

#24: Author: Emma A, Location: The Soke of Peterborough

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:11 pm

Oh, so my original thought (of it being just after Robin's settlement work) was quite off (sorry, I was the mysterious poster). I'm liking this - it's nice to see Ailie thinking more seriously about life, particularly as EBD usually portrayed her as a harum-scarum, mischievous child.

#25: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:29 pm

Cath get carried away as much as you like if that's the result Very Happy

Liz

#26: Author: pim, Location: Helmel Hampster

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:29 pm

Thanks for the update Cath. Love the portrayal of Ailie Smile

#27: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:24 pm

Lovely post - thanks Cath! (Ailie as a nun? Won't she have to convert first? Confused

)

#28: Author: catherine, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:12 pm

Thanks Cath! This is looking really good! Keep going!

#29: Author: Lisa, Location: South Coast of England

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:31 pm

Great post! Love the realistic characters! Cool

#30: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:57 am

Lovely drabble Cath - hope to see more soon.

#31: Author: Nell, Location: London, England

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:12 pm

Lovely Cath, thank you and good to see Ailie thinking - though a nun? And Lisa_T you're right about the Anglican orders.

#32: Author: Cath, Location: Coventry

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:35 pm

Now, *I* never said Ailie was going to become a nun - that was all your own imaginations. Very Happy

“Adrienne, there you are!” Joey Maynard, delivering a message from her sister to Hilda Annersley and just about to head back down to Freudesheim, spotted the young French girl heading towards the Senior common room. “Why don’t you come down to Freudesheim with me for tea? I’ve already discussed it with Miss Annersley.” She added as Adrienne hesitated. “I have to stop off at the San first and pick up one of the patients – someone you might like to see.”

Adrienne’s face split into a broad smile. “Ailie’s coming home?”

“Ailie’s already home.” Joey reminded her. “She’s with her mother now, she was discharged last night. No, this is someone else.”

Full of curiosity, Adrienne obeyed Joey’s orders and dashed off to wash up in the Splashery and collect her coat, scarf and gloves before following her close friend’s aunt out to the car. “Who is it, please, Mrs Maynard?” She enquired as they made their steep journey up the hill to the San. Joey looked down at the sixteen-year-old.

“You’ll find out in due course, Adrienne – I’m sure a little surprise wouldn’t hurt you!”

“Not at all.” Adrienne said eagerly. “I’ve never had a surprise before – not an intentional surprise before – apart from when Sœur Cécile and Sœur Monique took me to La Sagesse.” Joey tried hard to keep her face straight at the mention of her beloved Robin. It had been almost a year since Adrienne had last seen her distant cousin. Due to her traveling, Robin hadn’t seen Adrienne since the Easter holidays the previous year, when both Adrienne and Miss Annersley had traveled to Canada. She remembered how subdued the French child had been when she had come back at the thought of not being able to see her Sœur Cécile for months, maybe even years. Nearing the San, Joey turned to Adrienne.

“Now, if you’ll wait here, I shan’t be two moments – and with your surprise. All right there?” She stopped and motioned towards one of the several benches spread across the entrance to the San. Adrienne positioned herself, shivering more from excitement than cold, and nodded happily. As Joey promised, she was no more than five minutes, and an unmistakably recognisable voice drifted to Adrienne’s ears as the San doors opened.

“Josephine Maynard! What on earth do you think you’re doing? I can carry my own case, thank you very much!” And there, rounding the corner, was Adrienne’s Sœur Cécile. Leaping to her feet in delight, Adrienne burst out into a mixture of French and English that made the two sisters giggle.

“Oh, Sœur Cécile! It’s really you! I wasn’t sure, but I didn’t think I knew anyone else to be surprised by!”

Robin, reluctantly handing her case over to Joey, enveloped Adrienne in a warm hug. “What strange language was that, might I ask?” She demanded cheerfully as they headed back down the hill toward Freudesheim. “Look at you, Adrienne – you’ve grown so much since you were a mere fifteen-year-old!” She winced. “Goodness, I sound dreadfully old. Ignore that last remark, please!”

Adrienne giggled, almost giddy with happiness. She had loved staying with the Maynards for Christmas and in the half-term, but it was different – Sœur Cécile was family. In a way, the Maynards were as well, but not by blood. “What are you doing here, if you don’t mind me asking?” She questioned. Robin grimaced at Joey.

“You know I’ve been traveling convents since you left us in Canada, don’t you?” She said. “Well, it so happens that the one I was working at about a week ago wasn’t so far from here, so I took a short break and am staying at Freudesheim for a fortnight or so.”

“How smashing.” Adrienne sighed. “It’s so marvelous to see you again, Sœur Cécile, it really is! I wasn’t sure when I’d see you again – but it hasn’t been that long at all, has it?”

“Not even a year.” Robin agreed. “You’re really turning into a true Chalet School Girl, you know, Adrienne – you’ve even picked up the language. Including the most forbidden slang.”

Adrienne flushed, realising her slip-up. “I am sorry.” She murmured, looking towards Joey anxiously, who simply laughed and pointed at Freudesheim, not far off.

“I’m going to stop here, I need to speak to Nell. Are you two alright walking back yourselves?”

“We’re not invalids, Joey.” Robin said, ever indignant. “I’m a fully-grown woman, thank you very much.”

Joey said nothing, simply smiled, and, after watching Robin and Adrienne’s retreating backs, was about to go back into the School when she was startled by a passing figure. A small girl, not much older than thirteen or fourteen, but judging from her clothes was certainly not a member of the Chalet School, had the heaviest black scowl on her face that Joey had seen for a long time. Almost expecting to hear thunder roll overhead, she pushed the girl to the back of her mind for the time being and darted in to find her friends.

#33: Author: ali, Location: medway, kent

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:39 pm

Aw, bless, although I never liked the fact that they were related. Far too much of a coincidence!

#34: Author: Cath, Location: Coventry

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:45 pm

Yeah, I didn't either - the most unlikely thing in the world, but I couldn't really leave Adrienne out of it!

#35: Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!!

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:10 pm

Lovely post Cath! Thank you!

#36: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:26 pm

Lovely post - thank you!

#37: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:29 pm

Just caught up on a couple of these. It's looks really good Cath. Thanks.Intrigued as to what's up with Robin and why Jack is being so mysterious....

#38: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:16 am

And who's the mysterious girl in a black mood?Liz

#39: Author: Rachael,

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:15 am

Yes indeed ........ *intrigued*

#40: Author: pim, Location: Helmel Hampster

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:55 pm

*very intrigued* Lovely last post Cath, nice scene between Robin and Adrienne (another one who thought them being related was just all too convenient).

#41: Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 9:34 pm

I hope we will get some answers to the mysteries soon Cath! Very Happy

#42: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:43 pm

I'm really enjoying this, Cath. It always seemed a shame that robin was another character fromt he early days that EBD just shunted off into oblivion - except when she was needed for a plot line like Adrienne's rescue. And who is that girl with the black scowl?

#43: Author: Miss Di, Location: Newcastle, NSW

Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 3:34 am

I just caught up with this too - and am intrigued by the girl with the black scowl. It sounds very chalet-y though. When will we get to read more?

#44: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:26 pm

Thanks Cath, lovely story. Also wondering who the girl is.

#45: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:02 pm

*wonders if somebody has kidnapped Cath and spirited her away* Pretty please Cath, any chance of the next bit?

#46: Author: Cath, Location: Coventry

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:12 pm

Sorry it's been a while! I'm a Nanowrimo-er... in other words, have been writing masses of novel. Rolling Eyes

Jacqueline Ruennes had been watching Inter V’s tennis game with the darkest scowl on her face, just to hide the envy that she was feeling. She had begged and pleaded with Mother to let her go to the Chalet School, but money had always been an issue in the family, and she was told that the Josephine Maynard scholarship had already been taken by a French girl. A relative of Mrs Maynard herself, no doubt. Jacqueline had gone into one of her tremendous sulks, as the crying, shouting and stamping her feet hadn’t worked. At eleven years old, she had quite a mouth on her. The fact that they didn’t live far from the School hadn’t helped, and she had passed there quite frequently on the way to her teacher’s house.

That day was no exception, and the child didn’t care that she was almost ten minutes late for her lesson as she drew herself away from the tennis game and carried along her way. She could hear the musical voice of a woman as she turned a corner, and saw two dark-haired girls walking not far ahead of her, the younger one speaking with a thick French accent. Jacqueline ducked back, not wanting to be caught eavesdropping, but when she heard the older woman call the teenager Adrienne, her scowl darkened. Surely this couldn’t be the girl that had taken her chance of going to the Chalet School?

Jacqueline, being thoroughly spoiled ever since her father had died, hadn’t the ounce of brain to realise that soon the scholarship would open again for the next year, and though Adrienne had no idea, she would be in for a tough time, for selfish little Jacqueline would stop at nothing to get into the School. She realised through her dark ponderings that she was incredibly late, and with a small cry that startled Robin and Adrienne, darted past them at top speed. She tripped on a rock as she passed, and Robin grabbed her before she fell.

“I say! You’ll hurt yourself if you go tearing around the corner like that, especially if a car had been coming!” Jacqueline stared at her, and Robin repeated her sentence in French, wondering if this was a new Chalet Girl. Looking even more baffled, Robin tried again in German.

“I say! What are you saying?” Jacqueline demanded in her perfect English. Robin flushed, then realised that this was a child that was talking to her, and straightened herself up.

“Where are you off to, then? Have you got leave?”

“Of course I have!” Jacqueline drew herself up to full height. “I’m off to my lesson, if you must know.”

“I am sorry.” Robin said sincerely. “I was under the assumption you were a Chalet School girl.” Of all the words she could have said, those were the worst. Jacqueline turned bright red, then glared at Adrienne darkly.

“No, I’m not.” She muttered angrily. Adrienne, surprised by the look she was getting, piped up.

“Why ever not? You must live around here.”

“Yes, I do! And it’s none of your business where I go to school!” Jacqueline mentally put another black mark against this French girl’s name, and ran off before Robin or Adrienne could say any more. The cousins turned to each other in surprise.

“What was all that about?” Robin queried. Adrienne shrugged.

“I do not know. Maybe she didn’t want to go there. We have had a few girls like that.”

“Silly, then!” Robin muttered. “Never mind. Not everyone can love it.” Adrienne looked at the woman in surprise, for there was a strange note in Robin’s voice as she spoke. But, wisely, she said no more, and they made their final descent to Freudesheim, unaware of the storm they had created inside Jacqueline Ruennes.

#47: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:41 pm

*Shiny* Thanks Cath Liz

#48: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:27 pm

Curious about strange note in Robin's voice. Thank you.

#49: Author: Josie, Location: London

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:31 pm

Thanks Cath Very Happy

Also wondering about strange note in Robin's voice....

#50: Author: Cazx, Location: Swansea/Bristol

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:56 pm

Ta for the update,Robin seems to be acting quite weird...

#51: Author: pim, Location: Helmel Hampster

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 11:13 pm

Thank you Cath.*a little worried*

#52: Author: Miss Di, Location: Newcastle, NSW

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 2:18 am

Surely you can't be suggesting that Robin (one of the best head girls we ever had) didn't enjoy her time at school? Is that why she joined a convent in Canada?

#53: Author: Mihiri, Location: surrey england

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:16 pm

This is vry interesting...would love to see Joey's reaction if it turned out that Robin hadnt enjoyed her time at school!

#54: Author: Sarah_K, Location: St Albans

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:58 pm

Meep. Definately interested in hearing why Robin had a strange note in her voice!

#55: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:50 pm

Thanks for the update Cath. Could see it possible that Robin may not have enjoyed her time at the school.

#56: Author: catherine, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:50 pm

Just caught up with this! Poor Adrienne looks like she's in for a sticky time!!! *intrigued*

#57: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:32 pm

*idly wondering if there's any more of this*

Liz

#58: Author: Emma A, Location: The Soke of Peterborough

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:24 pm

LizB wrote:

*idly wondering if there's any more of this*

Liz

Yes, me too...

#59: Author: Rosy, Location: Gloucestershire-London-Aberystwyth

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:22 pm

This is luffly. Has your bunny abandoned you?

#60: Author: Ruth, Location: Physically: Lincolnshire, England. Inwardly: The Scottish Highlands

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:04 pm

WHERE ARE YOU?????!!!!! I was loving this!

The CBB -> St Agnes's House

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