Interesting to see how they're coping with clothes rationing, and looking forward to seeing whom Freddie pals up with. Also hoping to see some interaction with Grizel - hint!
Great to see more of this
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 02 Nov 2008, 18:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Here is the continuation of Freddie's story. I'm posting it here as it is now very much Chalet School which, of course, it wasn't before. If you missed the first part of her story, it can be found here “What does Jem want?” Miss Annersley, Headmistress of the Chalet School, asked her co-Head, Miss Wilson. Sir James Russell, Head of the great Sanatorium in the Welsh Mountains not far from the Chalet School’s home at Plas Howell in Armishire, had telephoned to ask for a meeting with the two Heads and the school Matron. “Search me!” said Miss Wilson, inelegantly. “No doubt he’ll tell us when he gets here. And, if my eyes don’t deceive me, here he is now.” The doctor’s car drew up outside the main front door of Plas Howell, and a few minutes later Gladys was showing him into the big study, where Matron and the two Headmistresses waited for him. “I need a favour from you,” explained Sir James, once he was settled and coffee had been fetched. “Sir James Talbot recently referred a family to me; father, mother and 15-year-old daughter. The father is an ex-prisoner of war, he’s been on the Burma railway and is still in a pretty bad way, and they’ve all had flu very badly. Talbot says that ten years ago he’d have sent them all to the Alps for six months, so he sent them to me as a good second-best. The mother has had some kind of nervous collapse, but she’ll be all right given time and care. The daughter, however, who was really ill with the flu, appears to have recovered rather more quickly than we thought, and she is bored silly. At home, she goes to the local High School, and she’s begging me to let her go back and stay with a cousin, but I’m reluctant to let her do that – she is well, but she still tires quickly and I’d like to be able to keep an eye on her for a bit longer. So....” “So you want us to take her,” said Miss Annersley. “What do the parents say? We aren’t exactly cheap, as you know.” “Oh, there’s no problem with that side of things; I have a letter from the father with details of his agent and so on. He told me that he would be delighted for her to have the chance to try a good boarding-school; it’s quite possible she’ll stay on if she is happy here. At any rate, if you could make room for her until Christmas, it would be the best thing for her.” “I am not so sure it’s a good idea for someone to start in the middle of term like this, though,” mused Miss Annersley. “Matey, what do you think?” “You’re quite sure she’s strong enough for school this term?” Matron asked. Sir James nodded. “Oh yes. I don’t want her doing games, though, as she is still apt to tire quickly, but I think she’s quite up for ordinary lessons and play.” Matron thought for a moment. “There is that small two-person bedroom that I was planning on bringing into use next term; we could put her in there. It’s near enough my bedroom that I can keep an eye on her, and if she is alone, for what’s left of this term, I can see to it she goes to bed early if she needs to without being disturbed when other people come up to bed.” “What about uniform?” asked Sir James. “She could send for her High School uniform, I dare say, but she would stand out rather.” “I expect I can find a couple of dresses and a blazer for her,” said Matron. “I’ve been encouraging people to donate their outgrown uniforms to my thrift shop, with the coupon situation being so difficult.” So it was agreed, and Sir James took his leave, promising to return with Freddie Darrow on Monday morning. |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 02 Nov 2008, 19:03 ] |
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Good to see more about Freddie. Glad to see that the School has a thrift shop, even if it just because of the coupon situation. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 02 Nov 2008, 19:25 ] |
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Interesting to see how they're coping with clothes rationing, and looking forward to seeing whom Freddie pals up with. Also hoping to see some interaction with Grizel - hint! Great to see more of this .
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| Author: | Elder in Ontario [ 02 Nov 2008, 19:37 ] |
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Lovely to see more of this, and it will be very interesting to see how Freddie adapts to the Chalet School - I suspect she will do very well, even though she's arriving in the middle of a term. Thanks, Mrs. Redboots. |
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| Author: | abbeybufo [ 02 Nov 2008, 20:43 ] |
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Good to see this again - looking forward to hearing more about Freddie - thanks Mrs R
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| Author: | Chelsea [ 02 Nov 2008, 20:57 ] |
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I wonder if anyone will realise that Freddie's mother visited the CS once? It was Gerry that Grizel brought in Rivals, wasn't it? So glad to see this back. Thanks. |
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| Author: | RachelD [ 02 Nov 2008, 22:43 ] |
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I'm really lucky. I keep finding these stories I haven't read and then get to read a whole lot in one go. I'm really enjoying this. Thankyou very much! |
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| Author: | Cath V-P [ 03 Nov 2008, 00:40 ] |
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Nice to see some more of this; I'm looking forward to seeing how Freddie settles down. |
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| Author: | Tara [ 03 Nov 2008, 00:57 ] |
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Looking forward to seeing Freddie at the CS. The uniform shop is a really good idea. The staff were lovely as well. Thanks, Mrs. R. |
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| Author: | Miss Di [ 03 Nov 2008, 02:30 ] |
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Glad you're giving us some more of Freddie's story. Given the current discussion on GO the uniform pool is an excellent idea! |
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| Author: | Emma A [ 03 Nov 2008, 13:00 ] |
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I'm glad there's more of this, Mrs Redboots, and am looking forward to more of Freddie and her family. Thank-you. About when is this set, by the way? |
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| Author: | leahbelle [ 03 Nov 2008, 14:47 ] |
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Great to see more of this. Thanks. |
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| Author: | ibarhis [ 03 Nov 2008, 15:09 ] |
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Fab - I'm really looking forward to this |
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| Author: | shazwales [ 03 Nov 2008, 19:06 ] |
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This is lovely , please can we have some more? 
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| Author: | Sarah_K [ 03 Nov 2008, 20:20 ] |
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I'm glad they've found space for Freddie, and hope she settles in quickly
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| Author: | Abi [ 04 Nov 2008, 19:14 ] |
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Yay! I'm so glad to see more of this. I hope Freddie will like the Chalet School! Thanks, Mrs. Redboots. |
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 04 Nov 2008, 20:36 ] |
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Thank you for all your kind comments. Emma, it's set in the Summer term of 1946, the term before Three Go to the Chalet School, which is actually causing me a slight problem, as what on earth does Freddie do during the summer holidays? She can't stay with Jo, as Mary-Lou plays with the Triplets throughout most of the summer...... I assume they must have had some sort of thrift shop for uniforms, as there is so no way they would ever have been able to have enough coupons, else. "Make do and mend" was very much the order of the day! Freddie was delighted by Sir James’ news, and Monday could hardly come quickly enough for her. But even the longest weekend comes to an end, and by 8:30 on Monday morning, she was following Sir James nervously up the steps of the front door of Plas Howell. “Of course, you don’t use this entrance every day,” explained Sir James; “This is strictly for visitors only!” Miss Annersley was waiting for Freddie in the study. “Good morning, my dear,” she said, “and welcome to the Chalet School.” “It’s awfully kind of you to take me,” said Freddie. “It must be a huge nuisance at this stage in the term, so I appreciate it!” “Well, you’ll do a lot better here than in the San,” said Miss Annersley, smiling at Freddie. “Now, I gather that you’re hoping for School Certificate next year, so I’m putting you in our Lower Fifth with people mostly your age. But if you find you’ve missed too much and are struggling, we’ll put you down into Upper Fourth; better that than you make yourself ill again. What about music? Were you learning at home?” “Yes, my mother taught me. She said to say that I should practice at least half an hour a day, and that if someone could fit me in for lessons, that would be lovely, but if not, please could I practice anyway?” “I dare say that could be arranged; I’ll have a word with Miss Cochrane, who is head of music here. Now, I’ll ask someone to take you to Matron, who will show you where you’re going to sleep, and find you some uniform dresses to wear and so on, and then you might as well join your new form as soon as you’re ready.” She pressed a bell as she spoke, and when Gladys came in, she asked her to find Peggy Bettany and send her to the study. Peggy appeared within a very few minutes, and Miss Annersley asked her to take Freddie to Matron, and to look after her. “She will be joining your form, at least just at first, so you must show her around and help her as she needs it.” “Yes, Miss Annersley,” said Peggy. Inside herself, she was wild with curiosity as to why a new girl should be coming when there was only just over five weeks of the summer term left, but she could scarcely ask in front of Miss Annersley, and, as conversation was not allowed in the corridors, she knew she had to wait until later to find out. Matron greeted Freddie kindly, if briskly, showed her to her room, and asked Peggy to stay with her while she unpacked, while she, Matron, would go and find some uniform dresses of the appropriate size. This was accomplished quickly and efficiently, Peggy showing Freddie where things needed to go, and warning her that she needed to keep her drawers tidy. “Matron inspects daily, and if they are a mess, you get called out of lessons to tidy them, which means you get into trouble from the mistress in question, too. But tell me, why are you coming at this time of the year?” Freddie explained, and Peggy grinned at her. “Well, I hope you enjoy being with us. Is it just for this term, or are you here now?” “I’m not sure,” said Freddie. “Daddy said that I would probably be here while he and Mummy were still in the San, and Sir James said that might well be up to Christmas, and Daddy said that after that we would see.” “Well, here’s Matron with some uniform for you.” Matron helped Freddie try on a summer dress, which fitted, so she found two others the same size. “You change at the end of afternoon school and wear your own dresses – let’s see what you have. Yes, those are fine. And have you a cardigan? You do? Good. Here’s a school cardigan that should fit – yes, that’s fine. Now, what shall we do about name tapes? All these need to be marked, and it will take a week or so to order Cash’s name tapes for you. I have some tape here, and an indelible pencil; you must write your name on it and sew them in during your next few sewing lessons. It won’t be worth your while starting a project at this stage in the term, anyway.” “Yes Matron,” said Freddie, her heart sinking rather at the thought of all the name-tapes she would have to sew in, and rather wishing she could have worn her St Peter’s uniform, which was at least marked. |
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| Author: | Miriam [ 04 Nov 2008, 20:55 ] |
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She could always stay at the Round House over the summer - no reason why she can't be out for the day when Mary-lou does go there. Alternatively, if Janie Lucy hasn't gone back to Geurnsey yet (there must have been a lot to do before their house was livable again), she lives in Armiford and tends to be very hospitable - and may even have some slight connection with Freddies mother. I'm not sure how she would get there, but maybe Miss Annersley could suggest it. Finally, one of her friends could always invite her home. Thank you for the story, whatever solution you choose for the summer holidays. I'm enjoying it very much. |
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| Author: | Vick [ 04 Nov 2008, 21:27 ] |
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Lovely to see more of Freddie
Thanks Mrs R. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 04 Nov 2008, 22:44 ] |
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Looking forward to seeing how she gets on with Grizel. I'm not sure where Grizel would've gone in the holidays - presumably she didn't go "home" to stay with her stepmother, so maybe she rented a cottage somewhere in the area and Freddie could stay with her? Or would Freddie be of an age to be friends with Sybil - could she stay at the Round House? |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 04 Nov 2008, 23:18 ] |
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Glad Freddie is pleased about going to the Chalet School. Pity Freddie having to sew on all those name tapes, possibly twice, once hand written and then the Cash tapes. Freddie could stay with Nita Eltringham or Judy Rose who would be in the same class as Peggy. I think Nita was musical so she might be happier there. Any of peggy's class mates who were musical could ask Freddie to stay. |
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| Author: | Elder in Ontario [ 04 Nov 2008, 23:19 ] |
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I was just thinking I wondered how long it would be before Grizel realised who Freddie was when Alison's note popped up here. In any case, I hope Freddie will settle down well - don't envy her having to sew on all those name tapes, either!! |
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| Author: | keren [ 05 Nov 2008, 09:24 ] |
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Well once she tells Grizel who she is she can stay there |
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| Author: | Catherine [ 05 Nov 2008, 10:31 ] |
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Poor Freddie, having to sew on name tapes! Bearing in mind Gerry was friendly with both Cesca and Rosamund Eltringham and probably Janie as well (though I can't remember if they ever met!), it would be feasible for one or the other to invite Freddie to stay with them. |
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| Author: | Karoline [ 08 Nov 2008, 09:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School |
Glad to see more of Freddie, thanks Mrs Redboots |
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 08 Nov 2008, 14:54 ] |
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Thanks for all the suggestions re the holidays - I now have plenty of ideas! Peggy escorted her downstairs and into the formroom, which was temporarily deserted as Prayers were under way. “Our form mistress is Mademoiselle Berné, who is French and teaches French; she’s really nice, but you’ll soon know all about it if she thinks you’re slacking. But we have maths first today, with Miss Slater.” All the staff who were to teach Freddie had been told about her, so Miss Slater was expecting her. “Winifred – oh, it’s Freddie is it? That’s fine – you are to go with someone to the office to get the books and things you are going to need. Who is sheepdogging you? Oh, Peggy. Will you go with her, please Peggy, and come back as quickly as you can so that we can get on.” It took very few minutes for this to be accomplished, and Peggy helped Freddie sort out the books that they would need for the rest of the morning, and less than ten minutes of the lesson had been lost before they were settled down. Freddie was pleased to find that they were working on topics she had already covered, and she was well able to keep up with the class. French followed, with Mlle Berné, and then Geography with Miss Wilson. Again, Freddie found that she was well up to the standard of the form. At Break, Peggy took her down to the cloakroom, which she learnt was called a Splashery at the Chalet School, and then to get her milk and biscuits. The rest of the form gathered round, and she found herself the centre of attention. Not wishing to go into detail concerning her father’s recent history, she merely said that they had all had flu, and took it from there. “And so there I was, getting boreder and boreder, so Sir James said he would see what he could do, and here I am!” she concluded. “It must be a bit of a shock to your system,” said Hester Layng, a girl who Freddie was speedily to learn was apt to be rather lazy, and disliked any form of hard work. “Well, right now it is – I think I shall need a day or so before my head stops whirling,” laughed Freddie. At that moment, a tall, fair woman came up to their group, who would have been pretty but for a certain hardness about the face. “Are you Winifred Darrow?” she enquired. “I’m Miss Cochrane, and I need to discuss your practice-times with you. Come this way, please.” Freddie followed Miss Cochrane down to her office, where practice-times were quickly sorted out, and Freddie found herself with a 30-minute practice slot each day. “I’ve written to my cousin and asked her to send me my music,” Freddie explained, “but I think it’s going to take a few days to get here; do you have any books of exercises I could borrow?” “I expect we do,” said Miss Cochrane. “What were you using at home? Oh, that – yes, I’m sure I’ve a spare copy of that somewhere. Ah, here it is. Now, please be careful and don’t get any marks on it.” “Thank you, Miss Cochrane. I’ll try not to.” |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 08 Nov 2008, 15:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 08/11/08 |
Miss Cochrane is being true to herself here. Wonder how she will recat to Freddie's playing and when she will discover that she is the child of her friend. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 08 Nov 2008, 16:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 08/11/08 |
Lovely to see more of this, and looking forward to Grizel finding out who Freddie is. |
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| Author: | Sarah_K [ 08 Nov 2008, 20:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 08/11/08 |
I hope Grizel is less stiff when she finds out who Freddie is! |
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| Author: | Miss Di [ 09 Nov 2008, 05:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 08/11/08 |
Thanks Mrs Redboots. I'm also looking forward to Grizel's joy when she realises Freddie is her long lost friend's daughter! |
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 09 Nov 2008, 13:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 08/11/08 |
Thank you for your comments. By lunchtime, Freddie was beginning to flag, and was pleased to find that after lunch, a 30-minute rest was the order of the day. “You may read or not, as you choose,” explained Peggy, “but we aren’t allowed to talk and the idea is to relax completely.” Freddie was glad to comply, and was also glad to find that the timetable scheduled less academic work for the afternoons. On Monday afternoons, Lower V A had a singing lesson with the school’s rather eccentric master, Mr Denny, followed, to Freddie’s delight, by a double period scheduled to be spent in the school garden. However, when she arrived at the garden, she was rather horrified by what she saw. Lower V A were not, as a form, very gardening-minded, and the garden bore unmistakeable signs of neglect, despite being at the height of its growth. Indeed, Miss Everett began the session by reading the form a lecture for having rather obviously failed to work in the garden during the week. She set them all to weeding and tidying, while she spoke to Freddie. “Have you any experience of gardening?” she asked. “Oh yes, I love gardening, it’s my favourite thing!” was the unexpected reply. “In fact, I hope to be a gardener when I leave school!” Miss Everett was delighted. Although some of the girls in the school were keen, she had never come across a pupil who was actually planning on taking it up as a career before. A few well-chosen question soon showed her that Freddie was, in fact, as experienced as any girl her age could hope to be, and that she had already learnt a great deal. “I’m not allowed to do games this term,” said Freddie. “Do you think it would be all right if I came and did some work in the garden while the others are doing games?” “I’m sure it would; as you heard at the beginning of the lesson, you’re expected to work in it at least one evening during the week, if it’s fine, or for an hour on a Saturday afternoon. Mind you, I think you’d better double-check with Matron.” Freddie privately decided that she would do no such thing, as she knew that gardening relaxed her and she would be fine if she could spend time there. And she thoroughly enjoyed the next hour, and went into tea with a better appetite than she had had for some time. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 09 Nov 2008, 16:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
That was lovely. The whole gardening idea rather died off once the War and "Dig for Victory" were over, didn't it? It was a shame. |
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| Author: | Vick [ 09 Nov 2008, 16:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Lovely updates, thanks Mrs R Hope Freddie gets to continue with the gardening without Matron breathing down her neck... |
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| Author: | Sarah_K [ 09 Nov 2008, 20:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
I can't help feeling not checking with Matey is going to come back to bite Freddie... |
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| Author: | Miss Di [ 10 Nov 2008, 02:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
I haven't fugured out how to quote yet - but agreeing with Sarah_K. ETA now I have. The quote button. 
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| Author: | Cath V-P [ 10 Nov 2008, 10:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Hmmm, not checking with Matey first might be a bad move.... lovely to see Freddie settling in though. |
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| Author: | Emma A [ 10 Nov 2008, 10:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Thanks for the updates - Freddie seems to be settling in well already. Looking forward to seeing how Grizel reacts when she knows who Freddie is. How often will she be able to visit her parents? (I can never remember how far the San is from the school at this point in the series!) |
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| Author: | Elder in Ontario [ 11 Nov 2008, 17:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Thanks for these updates - I think Freddie will be very happy at the school, though I also think any neglect of asking Matron for permission to do extra work in the garden may come back to haunt her. Also wondering how Grizel will react when she finds out who Freddie's mother is. |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 11 Nov 2008, 21:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Thanks for the update. |
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| Author: | DuncanD [ 12 Nov 2008, 18:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Love this - Freddie is great! Is she going to soften Grizel's heart? Can't see it, somehow ... |
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| Author: | Abi [ 12 Nov 2008, 21:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 09/11/08 |
Looks like Freddie will have a good time at the Chalet School - and am looking forward to Grizel's reaction when she discovers who she is. Thanks Mrs Redboots! |
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 14 Nov 2008, 12:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
Thank you for your kind comments, which are much appreciated. By Saturday, Freddie was very tired, but beginning to feel her way. She found the academic standard slightly lower than she was used to, although she did need to concentrate both in class and while doing her preparation. Nevertheless, she felt she could easily keep up with the work. Out of class, she had her piano practice and the Lower V garden, which was already beginning to look slightly less untidy and uncared-for. She liked Peggy Bettany and her close friend Daphne Russell well enough, but was beginning to make tentative friends with Nita Eltringham and Natalie Mensch, both of whom seemed to like much the same sort of things that she did. The first part of Saturday mornings were devoted to prep and mending; Freddie was able to catch up with the bulk of her name-tapes, although one or two things remained unmarked. Guides followed. Freddie had not been a Guide at home, as there had not been a Brownie pack in Westover village, and by the time she was old enough for Guides, she preferred to spend her Saturdays in the garden or helping her mother around the house. As it was a fine day, it was suggested that those girls who were not Guides might care to go for a walk or work in their form gardens. Freddie was delighted at the suggestion, and was soon immersed in continuing to weed and tidy the Lower V bed, and then found that there were quite a lot of peas ready to pick. Not knowing what to do with them, and lacking a suitable receptacle for them, she went in search of someone she could ask. Finally she found Matron. “What are you doing indoors?” asked the latter, rather sharply. “I was hoping to find someone like you,” replied Freddie. “There are lots of peas ready to pick in our garden, so please where do I get a basket or something to pick them into, and where do I take them when I have?” Matron smiled. “That’s an unusual request,” she said. “I think Miss Everett keeps big baskets in her shed, but she’s not in on Saturdays and she keeps that part of the shed locked when she’s not there. Let’s go and see if the kitchen have something suitable.” On the way to the kitchens, Matron quizzed Freddie sharply over her health. Freddie admitted to feeling a little worn, “but please, Matron, I’m much better picking peas than lying down or anything. I know me!” Matron was inclined to doubt this, but decided that Freddie was probably better off in the fresh air. Sir James Russell would be over that afternoon to have a look at her, and to take her to see her parents, and she privately resolved to have a quiet word with him. The kitchen duly produced a couple of large colanders, and Freddie went happily off to pick her peas, which were very well-received. The kitchen staff were used to being given small amounts of produce by the “young ladies”, although all too often it was unusable. And much of the harvest, naturally, happened during the long summer holidays, and although it was gathered and preserved, really fresh vegetables tended to come from the big kitchen gardens run by Evan Evans and the couple of village lads who helped him. The kitchen staff, therefore, tended to think of the form gardens as play-gardens, and did not take them seriously as a source of food for the school. So the crop of peas that Freddie brought to the back door twenty minutes before lunch was a pleasant surprise. “There are more coming,” explained Freddie, “but they’re not ready just yet. I’ll pick them as I can during the week, and then bring them to you, shall I? And I think there are some carrots coming, and maybe some new potatoes; I’m not sure what they planted. I’ll find out and let you know.” Freddie did ask her friends at lunch, but none of those sitting near enough to hear her question had any idea what sort of potatoes and carrots had been planted, and Judy Rose, who was sitting next to Freddie, frankly confessed she had no idea that there were potatoes and carrots in the bed. “I just do what I’m told, but I wouldn’t know a carrot from a – oh, a stinging-nettle – when it’s in the ground.” “You soon would if you tried to eat it,” sniggered Marilyn Wynn, who was sitting opposite them. “Actually,” said Freddie, seriously, “you can eat stinging-nettles; not so much at this time of year, but in March and April, when they are just growing. You pick just the tips of the shoots. They make a lovely soup, or you can eat them like spinach.” “Ugghhhh!” chorused those girls near enough to hear. “That sounds simply horrid!” laughed Judy. “Anyway, don’t you get fearfully stung, picking them?” “You wear gloves, you goop!” exclaimed Freddie, causing those around her to frown and shake their heads, reminding her of the prohibition against slang that was strictly enforced at the Chalet School. However, for once the fates were kind, and nobody in authority overheard. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 14 Nov 2008, 12:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
She seems to be fitting in well .
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| Author: | Emma A [ 14 Nov 2008, 13:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
This is interesting - Freddie has been far less sheltered than the Chalet girls when it comes to food rationing. Imagine none of the girls knowing what's been planted in the garden  I like her comments about the nettles! Good to see she's settling in, though.Thanks, Mrs Redboots. |
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| Author: | Elbee [ 14 Nov 2008, 13:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
I'm glad to see Freddie is settling into school well, and enjoying her gardening. Maybe she'll persuade some of her form mates to show more of an interest now. Thanks, Mrs Redboots. |
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| Author: | Elder in Ontario [ 14 Nov 2008, 14:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
I"m glad to see Freddie seems to be settling well. I hope that Jem Russell, when he sees her, will accept her tiredness as a natural consequence of her illness and all her new experiences at school and reassure Matey that they should simply allow her to carry on as she is doing unless she seems completely exhausted. Time alone will tell, though. Thanks, Mrs. Redboots, I'm really enjoying this. |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 14 Nov 2008, 19:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
Thanks Mrs Redboots. I am pleased tha Matron has found out about Freddie and the garden. I think asking Dr Jem about whether it is good for her is sensible. I hope Freddie can make several of her form more interested in gardening. |
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| Author: | Cath V-P [ 15 Nov 2008, 04:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
Good to see Freddie is enjoying herself - and interesting that she found the academic standard slightly lower than that which she had been used to. And I hope she can kindle some interest in that garden. |
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| Author: | Sarah_K [ 15 Nov 2008, 22:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
I'm having horrible images of some of the girls trying to eat nettles without the proper precautions now *g* I'm glad Freddie's settling in so well
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| Author: | Kathy_S [ 16 Nov 2008, 06:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
Thank you, Mrs Redboots. It's nice to see Freddie fitting in so well. I'm especially enjoying the gardening. 
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| Author: | Miss Di [ 17 Nov 2008, 03:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
Cath V-P wrote: Good to see Freddie is enjoying herself - and interesting that she found the academic standard slightly lower than that which she had been used to. Yes, I thought that was very interesting too. Mentally I always think of Chalet girls as super bright (and well able to reason cause from effect). Maybe that's why the trips make their way through the lower forms so quickly - they aren't super intelligent, every one else should be in special ed. 
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| Author: | Alison H [ 17 Nov 2008, 08:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
It's funny how that changes as the series goes on - at first we get Simone worrying that she'll struggle to keep up at the Sorbonne after going to the CS, then later on people from other schools or who've been educated at home find that the standard at the CS is really high. And of course they all just walk straight into the university of their choice! Given the amount of time spent going for walks, lying around "resting" etc, and the fact that Miss Bubb seemed to think that radical changes were needed if the school was to get good exam results, I would've thought that the earlier take on it (Simone worrying, Bernhilda - I think - saying that people worked harder in other schools she knew of) was much more accurate! |
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| Author: | leahbelle [ 17 Nov 2008, 15:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
I'm really enjoying this and am glad that Freddie seems to be settling in well. thanks! |
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| Author: | Fiona Mc [ 18 Nov 2008, 03:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 14/11/08 |
Glad to see the second part of this series. it's nice to see Freddie settle in so well and remain her own person cos boarding school would have been such a shock at her age |
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 18 Nov 2008, 21:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
As always, thank you for your kind comments, which are much appreciated. During the after-lunch rest period, Freddie fell asleep in her deck-chair, and the short nap refreshed her enough that by the time Sir James came to pick her up, she felt and looked a great deal better. Nevertheless, Matron had a word with him that caused him to look at Freddie sharply. She was a little pale and heavy-eyed, but no more so than when Sir James had last seen her. “Hop in the car, then, Freddie,” he said, and made sure she was comfortable for the journey. “So, how are you liking the Chalet School?” “Very much, thank you, Sir James,” she replied. “Well, I think you’d better do as the rest of the school does, and call me ‘Dr Jem’, don’t you think? I can’t be ‘Dr Jem’ to all the rest of the school and ‘Sir James’ to you, now, can I?” Freddie agreed that no, perhaps he couldn’t, and then, overcome with embarrassment, failed to use his name at all for the rest of the journey. “Your parents are getting on fine,” he told her. “We’ll have your mother sitting out of bed soon; she is already sitting propped up in bed in the afternoons. Your father is sitting up for a shorter time, so I think it will probably be another week before we let him sit out of bed, but they are both much better even than they were a week ago.” “Oh good!” said Freddie, for in truth she had been somewhat worried by their very slow recovery. “But what about you? Not overdoing it, I hope?” asked Dr Jem. “Matron seemed to think you looked tired today.” “Only because I fell asleep during our rest period,” explained Freddie, anxiously. “I was picking peas from the form garden this morning, and then that with a big lunch....” Dr Jem made a non-committal noise, but privately decided to give her a thorough physical exam when they reached the San. Meanwhile, he thought, no good making her think of her health too much, so, “How are you settling in?” he asked. “Very well, thank you,” replied Freddie. “It was really nice of you to think of this for me. It’s very different from home, but I’m enjoying it.” “Work going all right?” asked the doctor, with a smile. “Oh yes,” said Freddie. “I seem to have got quite good marks this week, so they tell me; I would have thought they were a bit on the low side, but I seem to have ended up fourth overall, so perhaps they are all right.” “It sounds like it,” said the doctor. “Now, here we are. I’ll take you up to see your parents for half an hour or so, and then I want to have a proper look at you before I run you back. Run on up; I’ll come and find you when I want you.” Freddie duly went on up, and was warmly welcomed by the Sister in charge of her parents’ ward. “They are really looking forward to seeing you, and hearing all about your week.” And indeed, there they were, out on the balcony, side by side, both propped up in bed and looking out for her. There was so much to tell that Freddie barely knew where to start. “Have you made friends yet?” asked her mother. “Yes, sort of. There’s a girl called Nita Eltringham who I rather like, and someone else called Natalie Mensch.” “Eltringham?” said her mother. “I wonder if she’s any relation to Cesca and Jack. I wish I knew what had become of them – I know they got out of Guernsey just before the Occupation in 1940, but I lost my address book when we moved, and Jill never had their new address.” “I think Nita’s family came from Guernsey,” said Freddie. “The school was there for eighteen months or so, until the Occupation; apparently it was in Austria before then.” “Wait a minute – what did you say it was called?” asked her mother, sitting more upright. “It’s called the Chalet School. Why?” “Do you know, I think I visited it once, years ago, when it was in Austria. I was in Florence then, and I couldn’t go home for Christmas as everybody was having Scarlet fever, so my friend Grizel, who was also not going home, took me with her as I was going to stay with another friend in Innsbruck, and it wasn’t that far. We spent a few days in the school, only everybody was having chicken-pox so we had to pitch in and help take the ones who had had it for walks and so on. Great fun....” she smiled, reminiscently. “Really, Mums?” said Freddie, enchanted. “Well, there’s a thing! Your friend was an old girl, then?” “Yes, and the friend I stayed with in Innsbruck, oddly enough, had a younger sister in the school, although she hadn’t been there herself. I gather it had only started four or five years earlier at that stage.” She paused for a few moments, evidently thinking of that happy holiday. “Oh, I wonder – if it is the same Chalet School, Grizel was going to go back and teach there when she finished in Florence. There wouldn’t happen, by any remote and extraordinary chance, to be a Miss Cochrane teaching music would there?” “Oh, I don’t believe it!” exclaimed Freddie. “Yes, Miss Cochrane is the Head of Music, and they say she’s a really good teacher, but very strict. I haven’t had a lesson yet; she said she might be able to fit me in at some stage, but wasn’t sure. But I have half an hour’s practice each day.” “That reminds me,” interrupted Major Darrow, “there was a big package came for you yesterday, addressed to here; I think it might be your music and other stuff that you asked Auntie Jill to send you.” Freddie took the package eagerly, and it was indeed her music, plus long letters from both Auntie Jill and Ros, which she put aside to read later. “So,” she said, eagerly, to her mother, “Shall I ask Miss Cochrane to come and see you? And shall I ask Nita if her mother really is your old friend – Cesca, did you say?” “Yes, my friend was called Cesca Atherton before she married. She was a bit older than me, but she and your Auntie Nell were great friends. Worth asking, although it’s probably not the same family. Still, there is the Guernsey connection, you say... Anyway, do ask Miss Cochrane to come and see me – I’d love to see her again, and I think we’ll be allowed proper visitors from next week.” “I’ll do that,” said Freddie. Just then, Dr Jem came to fetch her, and was pleased to see all the family looking bright and interested, with a little colour even in Gerry’s normally pale cheeks. “Oh, Dr Jem,” exclaimed Freddie, “Mums thinks her best friend from college is teaching at the Chalet School and that my friend Nita might be the daughter of another old friend of hers, isn’t it extraordinary?” Mrs Darrow explained the coincidence, and Dr Jem suddenly looked at her with increased interest. “I remember you!” he said, laughing. “We never met, but I do remember that I’d been summoned to the school to see Frieda, who had woken up with chicken-pox, and my wife, who’d been staying down at the school with our young son, telling me that you had arrived. I had to take the baby, and at least one of the more delicate girls, back up the mountain with me, so I didn’t stay to meet you.” He laughed. “It really is a small world sometimes.” They all agreed that it was, and then Dr Jem took Freddie off to his consulting-room, where he gave her the thorough physical examination he had promised himself and Matron that he would do. She appeared to be fine, and he could see nothing obviously wrong. The tiredness, he decided, was no more than was natural after a strenuous week at a new school for someone who was possibly no more than convalescent. |
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| Author: | Nell [ 18 Nov 2008, 21:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Hooray the pieces all start to fall into place - I look forward to a reunion between Gerry and Grizel! Thank you very much! |
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| Author: | linda [ 18 Nov 2008, 22:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
I'm really enjoying this. I too look forward to the reunion between Grizel and Gerry. Thank you very much |
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| Author: | abbeybufo [ 18 Nov 2008, 22:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
lovely to see all the bits of the jigsaw fitting together Thanks Mrs R - really liking this
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 18 Nov 2008, 22:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Pleased that Gerry is able to recognise that she knows the School and some of the people associated with it. It will help as she and the major did not have chance to view it or even see the prospectus before Freddie went there. It would have worried them when they were fit enough to think about it. Hope Grizel can visit. looking forward to seeing her response to Freddie's invitation. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 18 Nov 2008, 23:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Lovely - looking forward to a reunion between Grizel and Gerry! It was a shame that EBD seemed to forget about Gerry: a friend who wasn't connected with the CS could've been just what Grizel needed. |
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| Author: | Miss Di [ 19 Nov 2008, 03:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Ta Da!! Good to see the pieces falling into place. |
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| Author: | keren [ 19 Nov 2008, 07:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Maybe this will be good for Grizel She seems to have no connections outside of school. Like the way you make sense of things, and say that people lost touch because of the war, they moved, changed addresses and lost address books. Now we know why people lost touch! |
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| Author: | Emma A [ 19 Nov 2008, 09:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Lovely update, Mrs Redboots - Freddie is such a nice girl! And I'm looking forward to seeing how Grizel takes the news, and how it will affect her. I like Freddie thinking that her marks were rather low, but being fourth overall - that says a lot for her previous school and not much about her classmates. I hope she won't slack as a result... 
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| Author: | Catherine [ 19 Nov 2008, 13:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Looking forward to seeing the reunions! Thanks, Mrs Redboots. |
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| Author: | Jennie [ 19 Nov 2008, 14:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
If I remember rightly, EBD wrote a lot of characters who didn't like lessons and didn't work hard at all, perhaps as a foil for all the new girls with problems, and for the M/B/R clan. |
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| Author: | Jane [ 20 Nov 2008, 13:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
I am really enjoying this drabble! I rarely emerge from my lair to say so, but thank you very much... |
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| Author: | MaryR [ 20 Nov 2008, 17:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Just caught up with most of this and am really enjoying Freddie's time at the CS. What a shock for Grizel, though! Will it be a welcome one, I ask myself! Thanks, Mrs Redboots |
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| Author: | Fiona Mc [ 21 Nov 2008, 14:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Glad all the connections have fallen into place though I had forgotton the connection with Nita Eltringham, though it will also include Blossom as well being Rosamund's daughter. Can't wait for them all to meet |
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| Author: | Vick [ 24 Nov 2008, 16:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 18/11/08 |
Lovely updates, thanks Mrs R
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 25 Nov 2008, 18:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Not sure when the next update after this will be, as Life is getting a Bit Busy. Plus Plot Bunny, having taken me a certain distance beyond this point, has got fed up and hopped off into the Wide Blue Yonder, in the irritating ways Plot Bunnies have. Do have a fair bit more brewing, though..... On returning to school, Freddie promptly grabbed Nita and enquired after her parentage, rather to the latter’s surprise. “Why, yes, Mummy’s maiden name was Atherton,” she said, “but how come you want to know?” Freddie explained and Nita, as excited as Freddie at the thought of a long-lost friend of her mother’s, promised to tell her mother all about it in her home-letter next day. “And I’m sure she’ll go and see her; we don’t live far away, just in Armiford. And there are plenty of her friends around, too – don’t worry, I’m sure my mother won’t let your parents feel lonely at the San.” “Thanks awfully,” said Freddie, relieved. “I think Mums said Dr Jem was going to allow them to start having visitors next week, but I couldn’t think who would go, except perhaps Miss Cochrane. I gather she was a friend when they were in Florence.” “Can’t imagine Cocky being friends with anybody,” said Nita, who suffered at the end of Miss Cochrane’s sharp tongue. “Still, perhaps she was nicer when she was young.” Freddie grinned. She had yet to get on the bad side of Miss Cochrane, but she was aware that the head of Music did possess an unpleasant tongue when roused. “Dr Jem said he would ask his wife – that’s our Madame, isn’t it? – to call on Mums and Daddy, too, and also his sister-in-law. It would be awfully kind of them. But then, they did meet Mums once, which somehow makes all the difference.” Nita agreed that it did, although neither girl could quite explain how. And indeed, to jump forward a little in time, not only Mrs Eltringham, but her friend Mrs Lucy and sundry other of their friends were regular and devoted visitors to the Darrows for the remainder of their time in the San, and remained in touch for many years thereafter. Moreover, the former Atherton sisters renewed their old friendship with the former Trevennor sisters, with whom they had lost touch during the war, and great was the rejoicing thereof. |
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| Author: | Elder in Ontario [ 25 Nov 2008, 18:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Lovely to see old threads being reconnected here, Mrs. Redboots - a very satisfying and warm feeling. Will look forward to more as and when RL, to say nothing of the plot bunnies, permit!
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| Author: | Fiona Mc [ 25 Nov 2008, 20:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
I'm glad that friendship wqas renewed |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 25 Nov 2008, 21:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Thank you for the update. Glad friendships are restarted, it will make the stay at the San alot nicer for Freddie's parents. |
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| Author: | Alison H [ 25 Nov 2008, 21:50 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Nice to think of old friendships being renewed. |
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| Author: | abbeybufo [ 25 Nov 2008, 21:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Thanks Mrs R - a satisfying pausing-point, if you have to stop there for a while . . . at least you/your plot bunnies haven't left us dangling over a cliff the way some people seem to 
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| Author: | JS [ 27 Nov 2008, 17:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
This all feels like it belongs, somehow. Freddie just seems made to go to the Chalet School (as I suppose she was, by you Mrs R!) Would love to see more of this when time allows. |
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| Author: | Kathy_S [ 28 Nov 2008, 04:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Thank you, Mrs Redboots. Very EBD reunion.
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| Author: | jilianb [ 03 Dec 2008, 19:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
Thanks Mrs Redboots, what a lovely drabble. Freddie is such a nice girl and I am really glad it's all working out well |
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| Author: | Miss Di [ 04 Dec 2008, 02:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 25/11/08 |
abbeybufo wrote: Thanks Mrs R - a satisfying pausing-point, if you have to stop there for a while . Yes I quite agree, it's a natural pause. Thanks for what you have written so far and I hope the plot bunny comes back. |
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 07 Dec 2008, 16:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Thanks, everybody. Here is just a tiny bit more, for the benefit of those who prefer a slight cliff.... Freddie very much enjoyed the quiet Sunday at the Chalet School. The day passed peacefully, with letter-writing and Church in the morning, an afternoon spent relaxing on the lawn with a book, and hymn-singing and a short talk from Miss Annersley in the evening. Freddie went to bed refreshed and relaxed, and quite ready to face Monday again. This was possibly as well, as Monday proved far and away the most difficult day that she had so far spent at the Chalet school. The morning went well enough; Freddie was well up in her work, and had nothing to fear there. However, when she went out to her gardening lesson after lunch, she was confronted with an angry Miss Everett. |
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| Author: | Sarah_K [ 07 Dec 2008, 18:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Oh dear, what's Freddie done to upset Miss Everett 
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| Author: | MaryR [ 07 Dec 2008, 21:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Mrs Redboots wrote: Here is just a tiny bit more, for the benefit of those who prefer a slight cliff... Some of us don't prefer any cliff at all, you know!  *sulks* Wonder who's upset the apple cart! Thanks, Mrs Redboots
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| Author: | Alison H [ 07 Dec 2008, 21:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Wasn't she supposed to check with Matron that it was OK for her to do the gardening? Please resolve the cliff soon!! |
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| Author: | Kathy_S [ 07 Dec 2008, 22:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
But I thought Freddie was good at gardening. Uh, oh. |
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| Author: | Fiona Mc [ 07 Dec 2008, 23:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
I wonder what happened there? Hope its the form in general, not just Freddie that she's angry with |
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| Author: | linda [ 07 Dec 2008, 23:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
MaryR wrote: Mrs Redboots wrote: Here is just a tiny bit more, for the benefit of those who prefer a slight cliff... Some of us don't prefer any cliff at all, you know! *sulks* My thoughts entirely. Oh dear! What has Freddie done to upset Miss Everett? Please don't make us wait for too long to find out. Thanks Mrs Redboots |
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| Author: | keren [ 08 Dec 2008, 09:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Presumably showing "too much" initiative (maybe giving peas to kitchen when Miss E wanted them for herself??) |
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| Author: | Emma A [ 08 Dec 2008, 14:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
keren wrote: Presumably showing "too much" initiative (maybe giving peas to kitchen when Miss E wanted them for herself??) That's what I thought, too, Keren. Looking forward to more when you can, Mrs Redboots. |
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| Author: | JS [ 08 Dec 2008, 17:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Do I detect the  hand of Betty Wynne Davies (sp)??
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| Author: | Jennie [ 08 Dec 2008, 21:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Perhaps Miss Everett was planning to take the peas home for her own dinner, and has been done out of a tasty treat. |
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| Author: | JellySheep [ 18 Feb 2009, 12:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
What's she done wrong? Enlighten us soon! I've just read all this from the beginning and it's been fascinating seeing all the threads linking up again after losing touch, and seeing neglected characters like Gerry. |
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| Author: | Maeve [ 27 Feb 2009, 22:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Please come back Mrs Redboots and tell us what happened!  Fantastic drabble -- thanks. |
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| Author: | PaulineS [ 25 May 2009, 16:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Hi Mrs Redboots is there any more? It would be lovely to see this again. Starting a chant for more! |
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| Author: | shazwales [ 25 May 2009, 23:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Joining PaulineS. Would be lovely to see more of this Please
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| Author: | ChubbyMonkey [ 04 Aug 2009, 21:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Have just read all of this at once, and am joining (renewing?) the chant for more if you can, please? 
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| Author: | Mrs Redboots [ 16 Aug 2009, 16:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Freddie at the Chalet School, updated 07/12/08 |
Back on the board for the first time in months - sorry that I abandoned Freddie mid-trouble, but I got very badly stuck with her, and then she went off in all sorts of inappropriate directions and what I had planned as a simple misunderstanding with Grizel became something more.... so I wrote myself into a corner and couldn't get out again! And right now I'm writing fantasy rather than fanfic, so I don't know what will happen to Freddie! |
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