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and most of all she had finally, finally finished Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South". Whether or not she enjoyed that weighty tome was another matter. She had achieved what few had done and read it cover to cover.

"Yes, she says she is a middle aged man who is constantly in and out of rehabilitation clinics and lives with his boyfriend in the Wild West. So you can't be the real J M Bettany!"

"Jellyfish may be spineless, but they have a nasty sting!" cut in Mrs Hesketh.

Please let us see Hilda in full flow against Mary Lou - I really think Mary Lou deserves it! :lol:

Thanks Phil.

Please let us see Hilda in full flow against Mary Lou - I really think Mary Lou deserves it! :lol:

Thanks Phil.

caught Miss Annersley in that really embarrassing moment of eating a sticky cream cake and it goes everywhere and you look like a complete pig and it is so embarrassing if someone sees you!

before he could say, "Disobedience" Jack was ... sent flying down the stairs of the GMC

No more buts! No butting in or out!

Author:	Phil [ Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:52 pm ]
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Hilda Annersley was delighted. She and Rosalie had cleared a mammoth pile of correspondance, she had met with Nell Wilson last night for a good chat and a drink, the Middles were behaving themselves, there had been no Margot Maynard to scold and most of all she had finally, finally finished Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South". Whether or not she enjoyed that weighty tome was another matter. She had achieved what few had done and read it cover to cover. She was also in a frightfully good mood! She was about to do what she enjoyed most, promoting the school she loved: The Chalet School. She was to show a pair of English parents round. Flowing down the steps in her MA gown, she greeted the prospective parents in her kind and rich tones, which Joey Maynard had once claimed were one of her greatest assets. Mr and Mrs Hesketh were very impressed at first glances. The flight had been enjoyable, the countryside viewed from the train was adorable the school grounds and buildings looked well maintained, and the Head had come to greet them in person! Hilda Annersley did not overload them with information to start with, she knew how to put people at ease. A maid took the coats to Rosalie's office. Coffee was offered, but the Hesketh's were keen to start straight away, if that was allright by Miss Annersley. "My pleasure! Please follow me!" It looked set to be another easy victory for the Chalet School in terms of acquiring another pupil. Unfortunately, Miss Annersley could not forsee the problems that would lie ahead. In no particular order, they consisted of: Dr Jack Maynard Mrs Josephine Maynard The Maynard Triplets The Middle School The Prefects The Staff Mary Lou Trelawney. Circumstances were to range against Hilda Annersley on the fateful day the Heskeths decided to view the Chalet School.

Author:	Elle [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:36 am ]
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Ohh! Another Phil drabble! Hurrah!

Author:	Loryat [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:51 pm ]
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I liked North and South!

Author:	Jennie [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:59 pm ]
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North and South is great! Poor Hilda, what a day she's got ahead of her. Thanks for starting a new drabble, Phil.

Author:	Phil [ Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:13 pm ]
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Apologies to "North and South" fans says Phil, hiding behind the sofa from any potential poking or slapping sticks. My friend Sarah, (not on the CBB) didn't enjoy it and I tried to read it and it wasn't my cup of tea. "We shall start with a walk around the grounds, now if we chose this way it is set aside for staff and prefects. The girls don't come round here..." Miss Annersley broke off as she caught sight of Heather Clayton and Francie Wiltord in that 'out of bounds' area. The girls "legged it" as Steve Maynard would have put it but they knew the Abbess would be waiting for them! Miss Annersley was annoyed, but she would get to the bottom of it soon! "We have some rare breeds of European birds here; are you interested in ornithology?" "Oh rather!" exclaimed Mrs Hesketh. Mrs Hesketh and her husband eagerly stepped forward to see if they could spot any of the birds. For some unknown reason, they both slipped and fell. "Oh my goodness! I am so sorry! Please let me help!" Miss Annersley rushed forward only to slip herself and go head over heels landing legs astride an embarrassed Mr Hesketh. Miss Annersley shot up like a gazelle. "I am so sorry! I cannot think!" Then she saw the slippery mass. It was the remnants of school dinners! Quite apart from the mess and the waste of food, Miss Annersley did not know what it was doing there. She catered for her guests, mumbling apologies, but her blood was boiling! Someone was going to pay for this! She offered the tender services of Matey, but this was coldly and politely turned down. "My husband and I are made of quite stern stuff, however, we should like a walk in the garden!" "Quite so, quite so!" Miss Annersley took this moment to bark some orders to Rosalie to find Heather and Francie "this instant!" The Heskeths resolved to give the Chalet School a chance. "Kids pranks eh Jackie? I seem to remember I was like that as I boy!" "Yes, I feel sorry for poor Miss Annersley!" The Heskeths then heard screams. They rushed to a nearby gate and saw a tall, strong man chasing a miniatrure version of himself. Evidently a father and son. The scene was a frightening one to watch as the man "disciplined" his son. "How many times do I have (whack, whack, whack) to tell you, Mike? Do NOT (whack) play with the football (whack) NEAR MY STUDY WINDOW!" (whack). "Sorry Papa, I didn't mean it, it was an accident! Honest!" Mike was in tears now. Mr and Mrs Hesketh, who were strongly opposed to physical punishment were sickened. Mr Hesketh strode up to the man. "Child batterer! How dare you sir! Whatever has this boy done? Put a football through your window? There are other ways of disciplining children! Take that!" Jack Maynard was floored. He got to his feet. "Do you want to see how quickly I can put you in a hospital?" he snarled, fists bunched. "I used to box for my old school!" "Evidently, from the way you treat your son, coward!" "Get off my land, before I have you arrested for trespassing! Do you know who I am sir?" "I can tell sir, a bad tempered bully and a coward. I hope God has mercy upon your soul!" "Papa's not a coward! Mama's says he's been working too hard! That's why he's cross! I shouldn't have kicked a ball through the window, but it wasn't deliberate! Papa is a good man! He saves lives!" howled Mike. Both men glowered at each other. Jack was inwardly touched by Mike's affection. He resolved to treat his son to something special. He also resolved to heed his wife's advice and get some rest. All his life his family and friends told him he worked too hard! Mr Hesketh retreated, Jack glowered after him. He held onto his nose and retreated home. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - "Miss Annersley! We have just witnessed a man violently assaulting a child!" Mrs Hesketh was outraged. So was Miss Annersley. She had no idea it was Jack Maynard whom the accusation was levelled against. "Indeed! That is a very serious matter!" "We are not sure we wish our daughter to attend this school if there are such violent men in the vicinity!" Thinking they were referring to an escaped lunatic, Hilda Annersley decided the best thing to do was call the one man who knew the Gornetz Platz and its people inside out. Yes! Jack Maynard would know what to do! Jack was so much more efficient than the local gendarmerie put together! She apprised the Heskeths of her plans. "Unfortunately the gendarmerie are none too efficient, the Head of the Sanatorium and a great friend of the school is coming to visit in the next half hour, he has to see to some young ladies who have colds and I am confident he will assure that he will catch this dangerous madman and hand him over to the police!" Despite his punch on the nose, Jack did his duty and was attending to some very sorry looking juniors with colds. It was unfortunate that one of the girls was hypersensitive and had a morbid fear of illness. She started a fit of hysteria when she saw the good doctor's syringe and Jack calmed her down in the time honoured tradition that he knew and of which Matey and his own daughter Margot, thoroughly approved. He tipped some water over her head and slapped her. It was even more unfortunate that the Heskeths walked in with Miss Annersley when this matter occurred. "That's the man! That's the child batterer!" "You again! Still bullying children? Hitting girls this time, you monster?" Jack was astonished and it was as well Matey intervened, but her intervention did more harm than good!

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Author:	Fiona Mc [ Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:17 am ]
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This is fabulous. Thanks Phil

Author:	leahbelle [ Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:36 pm ]
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Ooops! Poor Jack .

Author:	Tan [ Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:03 pm ]
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Phil wrote: and most of all she had finally, finally finished Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South". Whether or not she enjoyed that weighty tome was another matter. She had achieved what few had done and read it cover to cover. Meep! I had to read that for my HSC, and my niece is currently reading it for her HSC ... she is enjoying it!

Author:	Phil [ Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:00 pm ]
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Wiry Matey who didn't suffer fools gladly eagerly took on the new arrivals! Nobody, but nobody was going to talk to Dr Jack like that! Jack Maynard was a brilliant physician and could do no wrong! Jack was married to Matey's own darling, Joey Bettany! Jack was perfect! "You've got no right telling Dr Maynard what he can and cannot do! Are you a medical man? I thought not! For your information, that is the best way to deal with a hysterical person. A short sharp shock! You wouldn't believe the trouble we've had with this girl! She even refuses to eat her egg, because she doesn't like them!" Matey had been wanting to get this off her chest. "But Matron, boiled and hard boiled eggs make me throw up!" the poor girl wailed. "Rubbish! You are far too pampered!" Mr and Mrs Hesketh turned to a grave faced Miss Annersley. "Is this the wonderful pastoral care of your school? I think we had better leave!" Mrs Hesketh's mind was made up! Mr Hesketh turned for one last look at Jack Maynard. "So your name is Dr Maynard? Well, there can't be that many Maynards in the Medical Register who practise in Switzerland. I shall be lodging an official complaint with the General Medical Council about you!" Jack was ashen faced. An investigation by the GMC! Oh no! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Miss Annersley's office, she desperately tried to put things right. The Heskeths were having to stay in the Head's office as there were transport difficulties in getting to Interlaken. "He has everyone's best interests at heart! Dr Jack as he is to many of us and Uncle Jack to many of the girls isn't as bad as you think! He prides himself on having obedient children and..." "I beg your pardon, Miss Annersley, did you say that a number of the girls know of him as 'Uncle Jack'? May I ask why? Surely that is a little too familiar a title for a doctor to adopt with child patients!" Miss Annersley groaned. All she was doing was banging a nail into the coffin of Jack Maynard's career. At length she explained the development of the Chalet School, the involvement of the Bettanys, the Russells and the Maynards and the massive collection of brevet nieces and nephews: the Ozannes, the Lucys, the Chesters, Mary Lou, Verity Ann, and countless others. "It all sounds rather incestuous to me!" exclaimed Mrs Hesketh. "A bit too much of a family enterprise. Almost a mafia!" was Mr Hesketh's contribution. Miss Annersley had to excuse herself. She offered up a prayer for help in her washroom, mentally kicked herself for the damage she was doing to Jack and then cut into Rosalie's office to make an emergency call to Joey Maynard. "Joey...Yes...I need your help...You needn't be so cheeky!...Well, If you want to save your husband's career and make sure you and your legion of brats aren't thrown out onto the streets to starve because their father winds up in jail, you had better do as I say!"

Author:	Fiona Mc [ Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:46 am ]
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I'm really curious as to what you're going to do next. At least if Jack is deregistered then Hilda could run the school in peace without Joey bouncing in all the time. Thanks Phil

Author:	Loryat [ Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:53 pm ]
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Love the 'legion of brats'.

Author:	Phil [ Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:02 pm ]
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"I yearn for the cane and the right to use it on the fourth! Especially that Margot Maynard! How you could cope with her as a cousin, Josette, I do not know!" "Oh Hilary! I know she is a pest, but you must try and be more understanding of her and she will understand you!" "The only thing she understands is a good springy cane across her..." "Thank you Hilary!" Vi Lucy cut in over Hilary the Flagellant's fantasies. However the damage was done. Miss Annersely was escorting Mr and Mrs Hesketh to meet her staff and it was planned, Joey Maynard. Hilary's desires had been well and truly overheard. Miss Annersley was seriously displeased to be shown up by her prefects in this manner. Mr and Mrs Hesketh eyed the corporal punishment enthusiast Games Prefect with disdain. "I hope that was a figure of speech Hilary and that you are committed to the ideal of no corporal punishment at the Chalet School!" said Miss Annersley, with severity. Before the abashed Hilary could reply, she saw Margot and Emerence laughing at her; Emerence was pretending to whip Margot, who looked at the fit, muscular Australian wench in mock terror. Margot gave a provocative pose to the furious Hilary and mouthed the words "punish me" to the prefect; then both she and Emerence ran as fast as their wicked little legs could carry them. Hilary growled and shot after them only pausing to take a garden cane from a young plant and whirl it above her head as she pursued the naughty knaves. This exhibition had happened before poor Miss Annersley. She glared at the red faced Josette and Vi, who were unlucky enough to be witnesses and said, "Tell Hilary to report to me straight after Kaffee and Kuchen!" Seeking the sanctuary of the staff room, Miss Annersley ushered her guests in. Perhaps she would get some sense out of her teaching staff! That way, the Heskeths might go away with some good points about the Chalet School! Unfortunately the staff did not want to talk "shop" in the confines of the staff room! Kathie and Nancy were exchanging stories about sleeping in the same bed whilst camping in the Lake District. The mattress in Nancy's bed had become flea ridden and the bed collapsed. She had had to share with Kathie. Mademoiselle had tried to encourage Joan Bertram to become an "Alpiniste". Unfortunately Miss Bertram had been sick going up and down every mountain possible. Herr Laubach had been cursing the various "dummkopfs" he had to deal with. Miss Lawrence and Miss Andrews were planning cruel punishments for dim witted, fidgeting, lazy middles. So the staff were polite to the Heskeths, but energy was lacking. Then Miss Annersley's secret weapon arrived! If anyone could win over the Heskeths, her secret weapon could! "Hello! You lazy reprobates! What have you been doing? As I thought, nothing! Ha! Well, I have been having babies! Hard at work, me! Here's a baby for you Kathie, Here's one for Nancy and one for Mademoiselle and I'm sure I had another one...I must have left him somewhere in the country, now was it Montreux or Berne? Tsk! Where did I leave that boy? Now I caught the bus to Interlaken! Oh such an imp of mischief! Boys!" The Heskeths regarded the vision before them; doling out babies like sweets and twittering about a lost boy as if he were a lost glove!

Author:	Lesley [ Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:47 pm ]
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Feel very sorry for Hilda here - don't think she's going to be able to persuade the Heskeths. As for Joey! Thanks Phil

Author:	Fiona Mc [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:53 am ]
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Poor Hilda

Author:	Phil [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:42 pm ]
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Joey dismissed the missing baby boy with a wave of her hand. She couldn't keep track of her babies and as for remembering their names! "Oh well! I expect he's quite safe! With one of the brevet Aunts no doubt, or Rosa! Whichever Rosa that may be. Aha! New people!" Joey confidently strode over the staff who seemed quite willing to receive her blunt insults. "How do you do! I'm Joey Maynard, I was Joey Bettany, the first pupil of the school. My sister Madge, she founded the school. She's Lady Russell now, but that doesn't give her airs and graces thankfully! It did so for her daughter and I had to squash that young lady for own good!" Joey took pride in single handedly reforming Sybil. She started to wax lyrical about that dreaded accident. It was hardly an advert for the Chalet School. Hilda Annersley interrupted. "Ahem! Joey, these are prospective parents! Besides, what happened to Josette happened a long time ago!" Joey was thrown, but only for a moment. She got back on track. She was here to promote the school! "Your daughter simply must come to the Chalet School! Every girl in the world dreams of coming here! Our languages are second to none!" The Heskeths were politely curious. "Our daughter loves languages!" "Yes! Now, what does she know, Breton, Cornish, some Basque and her three favourites are Albanian, Hungarian and Czech!" Joey was gobsmacked. "B...b...but we only do French, German and English and a touch of Italian and Spanish, my Len likes those!" "Your son?" Joey burst into hysterics. "No! Len is a girl! Helena! But you musn't call her that unless she has been very naughty!" "Anyway Mrs Maynard, our girl is quite fluent in those languages and has got rather bored with them. She's hoping to take up Russian and Polish next year, then she will start on Farsi and Arabic." "Really? I must work that into one of my books!" "Your books?" "Yes! I'm the author Josephine M Bettany!" "Never!" Mrs Hesketh interrupted. "I happen to know an American children's literature critic who says she knows the real Josephine M Bettany." "Really?" Asked Joey. Had Corney or Evvy discovered a zest for literature in their wicked brains? "Yes, she says she is a middle aged man who is constantly in and out of rehabilitation clinics and lives with his boyfriend in the Wild West. So you can't be the real J M Bettany!" Silence fell.

Author:	Liane [ Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:56 pm ]
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This is fantastic Phil! Thank you

Author:	Fiona Mc [ Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:56 am ]
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Quote: "Yes, she says she is a middle aged man who is constantly in and out of rehabilitation clinics and lives with his boyfriend in the Wild West. So you can't be the real J M Bettany!" Love that comment. Thanks Phil

Author:	Lesley [ Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:27 pm ]
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Oh dear - get out of that Joey! Love that the Hesketh's daghter knows so many languages Thanks Phil.

Author:	Phil [ Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:43 pm ]
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"Then who wrote "Gipsy Jocelyn" and "Nancy meets a Nazi" and..." "Oh shut up, Kathie!" said Nancy, seeing that Joey was embarrassed. "But I'm a famous authoress!" Joey squeaked. "Be that as it may, My American friend never tells lies. It may be Miss Ferrars that the books you were referring to were written by the famous author Enid Blyton under a pseudonym." Mrs Hesketh's conclusions only infuriated Joey. "ENID BLYTON!" she screeched. Miss Annersley was getting some light relief from this. She permitted herself a wry smile. This unhappy moment was interrupted by the staff room door bursting open and there, larger than life was Mary Lou Trelawny, Head Girl of the Chalet School. "Miss Annersley, surely your pupils are taught to knock before entering a room?" asked Mrs Hesketh, an acid tone in her voice. "Oh it isn't cheek! It's just Mary Lou!" twittered Miss Andrews. A look from Mrs Hesketh silenced her. Mary Lou strode over to the Heskeths. "How do you do, I'm Mary Lou, Head Girl of the Chalet School!" Miss Annersley decided now was a good time to hand her guests over to the Head Girl, whilst she had a prior appointment with some medicinal brandy. "Come along! I shall show you around!" It was not an invitation, more of an order like a parent and a child. The Heskeths were speechless. They had passed the chemistry lab and library before they found their breath in the dormitories where OOAO was explaining the vigorous routine of humping the mattress, hanging clothes on the correct pegs and having ice cold baths in the morning. "Of course I have to do it all for Verity. She's the world's worst mooner!" "Verity?" "My sister by marriage! Her father married my mother." "Oh you are step sisters!" Mary Lou gave the Heskeths a steely glare. "Sisters by marriage!" "Step sisters!" Mrs Hesketh was not to be outdone. Seeing that the 'hail fellow well met' attitude of Mary Lou was aggravating his wife, Mr Hesketh intervened. "Does this Verity have a problem? I mean mooning! I...It's disgraceful!" Mooning meant something quite different to Mr Hesketh. "Oh it's not all bad. Some say it is a sign of talent! Con Maynard, she moons throughout the day!" "Well what can you expect from the daughter of such a brute as Dr Maynard!" Mrs Hesketh muttered to her husband. She too had a different definition of mooning. "Have you met Uncle Jack?" Mary Lou butted in. "Don't tell me you are related to him too!" Mr Hesketh was horrified. How promiscuous was that fiend? "Or is he an Uncle by marriage?" asked Mrs Hesketh. The Heskeths had got Mary Lou talking on the subject of the Maynards. To her, Jack was an angel, a paragon of virtue. "Why he has such demons and imps of mischief for brats I don't know! Mike was born to be hanged or murdered! So is Margot, but then, Margot is special." "And Mike or his brothers and sisters aren't?" asked Mrs Hesketh. Something about OOAO really annoyed her! "Well, she's a triplet." as if that explained everything. "So? We know of triplets in our family. Nothing special about them except the circumstance of their birth! I also fail to see how you can prejudge a boy under the age of ten and toddlers as evil and if I hear the expressions 'imps of mischief' or 'born to be hanged' again I will scream!" Mary Lou of course, had an answer. Something was badly wrong here. "I see you are in a lot of pain and hurt! I intend to find out and help if my name is not Mary Lou Trelawney! It would be so much easier if you stopped being an ass and told me!" Mrs Hesketh gave an evil eye to the Head Girl.

Author:	Lesley [ Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:06 pm ]
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Why am I hoping that Mrs Hesketh will win this battle of wills? (Love the mooning BTW! ) Thanks Phil

Author:	leahbelle [ Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:30 pm ]
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I love the mooning bits. That always made me laugh in the books!

Author:	Phil [ Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:10 pm ]
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Teling prospective parents of the Chalet School to "Stop Being an Ass" was not cheek if it came from Mary Lou, it was "just Mary Lou". Any other poor girl who did such a thing would be hauled over the coals before being publicly expelled and would not be able to get a school place anywhere except on a remote island in the south Atlantic. Not Mary Lou. It was OK for Mary Lou to say such things. Any other girl foolish enough to be a "Mary Lou" would not only incur the above punishment, she would also be sent straight to "Dr Jack" (who incidentally had no say in the running of school discipline, health yes, school discipline, no, except to stop his daughters being expelled.) Not Mary Lou. Mrs Hesketh felt it was high time a certain person was taken off her pedestal. "Just who do you think you are?" she choked with fury. Mary Lou turned the question on her. "Your daughter must be in need of the Chalet School! We can cure her of her foibles! We have had the most difficult girls here and I have taken a hand in helping all of them!" Mary Lou had conveniently forgotten her feud with the unfortunate, unhappy bully Phil Craven. She had hardly helped her, let alone made a truce! Before the enraged Heskeths could react, Mary Lou launched into her single handed reformation of Naomi Elton, Joan Baker and... "Just a minute!" sanpped Mr Hesketh. "How do you know such intimate details about the problems these girls have faced?" "Aunt Joey told me. She always has a job for me to do and I don't shirk from it! I hope I'm not a spineless jellyfish!" "Jellyfish may be spineless, but they have a nasty sting!" cut in Mrs Hesketh. "I understand Mrs Maynard as first pupil of the school maintains an interest in the school, but to be privy to a girl's medical problems and pass them on to other girls!" Mr Hesketh was furious. "I bet it was that fiend Maynard!" Mr Hesketh growled. "He broke patient confidentiality, the swine!" Fortunately, the Hesketh's taxi arrived and they were swept back to England. Needless to say, their daughter was not enterted onto the roll for the Chalet School. "What awful snobs! Oh well, their loss! You can't win 'em all!" was Mary Lou's opinion. However it was not over for that illustrious young lady. Or the school. Miss Annerlsey was thoroughly ashamed of the exhibition which had been put on for the Heskeths. In her foulest mood, she called a meeting (separately) of the staff, prefects and the miscreants of the Middles and Jack and Joey Maynard.

Author:	Lesley [ Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:54 pm ]
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This should be interesting - Hilda has seen the School from an outsider's perspective. Thanks Phil

Author:	Fiona Mc [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:45 am ]
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Phil you've left me completely breathless and speechless. That was fabulous. Am wondering if we'll hear from the Hesketh's again

Author:	Jennie [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:15 pm ]
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Wonderful Phil, I loved it. I do hope for a scene in which the Heskeths tell a large gathering of people just what they saw and heard at the CS.

Author:	leahbelle [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:35 pm ]
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This is great, Phil. Can;t wait to see what happens now!

Author:	Fatima [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:23 pm ]
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Phil wrote: "Jellyfish may be spineless, but they have a nasty sting!" cut in Mrs Hesketh. Well said, Mrs Hesketh! Thanks Phil.

Author:	Tan [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:30 pm ]
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Must remember not to read this while answering telephone calls ....

Author:	Phil [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:35 pm ]
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Naughty Heather, Wicked Francie, Evil Emerence and Depraved Margot were just four of the impish middles lined up before the Abbess! They were facing her desk, not daring to move. Francie had an itch and was dying to fidget and wriggle. Heather hardly dared to breathe and Emerence and Margot seemed to find the inkpot on Miss Annersley's desk an object of fascination. The girls heard Miss Annersley's slow measured footsteps of her shoes on the polished wooden floor as she stalked them from behind. Miss Annersley spoke in a calm, cool voice. The girls knew this of old. The Abbess was at her most dangerous when she was like this! They were not fooled and Miss Annersley knew it. The footsteps stopped. "Girls! The Heskeths will not be sending their daughter here after all!" Francie could sense the Abbess right behind her! "Can anyone tell me why?" asked Miss Annersley sweetly. The footsteps continued for a couple of steps and stopped behing Emerence. "EMERENCE!" The voice cracked like a whip. Then Miss ANnersley whispered, "Why?" The young Australian's voice was croaky! "B...b...because they saw Margot and me cheeking the prees?" The deathly silence told Emmy she needed to correct her grammar! "I beg your pardon, Miss Annersley. Margot and I were engaged in insulting behaviour towards a prefect and the parents witnessed this. We are truly sorry and we beg your forgiveness!" Emmy could be very contrite! Miss Annersley nodded. "Margot?" "Oh yes, Auntie Abbess! Oh! I mean Miss Annersley! Please! I do beg your pardon! I'm so sorry! I mean, I..." Miss Annersley stalked round to face Margot, her steel eyes inches from Margot. The girl was nearly in tears. There was no insolence intended here! She proceeded to read the riot act on foolish and immature behaviour in front of guests. Emmy and Margot had disgraced their parents by their bad manners. They were each to write a letter of apology to the Heskeths, they were to apologise the Hilary Bennet and they lost all their privileges for a week. "You may go!" growled Miss Annersley. Emerence and Margot fled in terror. "Now then, Heather and Francie. STOP SCRATCHING FRANCIE! What on Earth possessed you to throw all that good food on the Headmistresses garden? There are children starving all over the world!" "P...p...please Miss Annersley! We wanted to help the rare birds! Minette caught won and we thought the little chicks wouldn't have a mother to fed them, so we thought we would help!" "Well I can't fault your good intentions!" Miss Annersley's acid sarcasm burnt the girls to shame! "Waste of food!" "You will apologise to Karen and the kitchen staff for this" "Spend the rest of your spare time cleaning that mess up!" "Untrustworthy" "Get out of my sight!" Were some of the expressions used in the mother of all scoldings! Two tearful middles regretted the day they had been born and fled to seek solace in a splashery. It was the prefects' turn next. "Why has the entire body of prefects failed to keep an eye of Heather Clayton and Francie Wiltord?" "But Mary Lou said..." "Mary Lou told us she could handle it..." "Mary Lou was the best person for the job!" "Mary Lou, Mary Lou, Mary Lou!" "Mary Lou! Are my prefects telling me they don't a have a brain between themselves and they have to wait for Mary Lou to say if they can blow their noses?" The prefects were stunned. "You have a choice! Behave like proper prefects or be replaced! Hilary!" "Yes Miss Annersley?" "If you don't curb your disgusting fetishes and yearnings for a cane, I shall phone up the nearest institute and ask if they have a place vacant for you! Now go! All of you!" Miss Annersley was in full swing. But what would she say to her staff?

Author:	Liane [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:14 pm ]
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This is brilliant Phil. Thank you.

Author:	Lesley [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:24 pm ]
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Please let us see Hilda in full flow against Mary Lou - I really think Mary Lou deserves it! Thanks Phil.

Author:	Fiona Mc [ Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:19 pm ]
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Lesley wrote: Please let us see Hilda in full flow against Mary Lou - I really think Mary Lou deserves it! Thanks Phil. After that drabble so do I. Felt a little sorry for the prefects there as they have been told continuously that M-L could handle everything

Author:	Jennie [ Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:19 pm ]
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Thanks, Phil. I'm joining the queue of people wanting to see OOAO get the bawling-out of a lifetime.

Author:	Elle [ Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:20 pm ]
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Lesley wrote: Please let us see Hilda in full flow against Mary Lou - I really think Mary Lou deserves it! Thanks Phil. Oh, yes please Phil! That would be fab.