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Caro
 Post subject: Re: Lines Unlikely to Be Seen in a Chalet School Novel IX
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"Maidens, we have a new song to practise in English, French and German," Mr Denny announced. "If we could start at the top:
Willkommen! And bienvenue! Welcome!
Fremder, étranger, stranger...."

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"From now on, I want to be known as MLT," announced Mary-Lou.

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The staff agreed as it was a convenient abbreviation of "mouthy little twit" which had long been their preferred name for Mary Lou
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"I'm just going to fill in our census form," Joey announced. "The Government adverts say that it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes".

Two hours later

"I'm not sure they were thinking of families the size of ours," she wailed.

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:lol:

The new girls had all read the prospectus and started learning German
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Trips to visit local glaciers were always routine affairs, easily signed off by Health and Safety because they were so uneventful.
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"Why on earth do we need to call Matron? The classroom has a first aid kit."

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When the CS gave in and appointed its first Health & Safety Officer/ Risk Assessor, it was felt that an Old Girl would be the best choice, as being the most likely to understand the school's little quirks and customs with regard to floods, thunderbolts and avalanches as well as accident-prone pupils and staff. Erica Standish was such an obvious choice that her job interview was a mere formality...
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And the school and the Sanatorium decided that it was in their best interest to stop the school sending their students there. They had already lost four doctors due to incidents.
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Miles
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'I don't think that the Ted they're talking about is our Ted. She was never so obsessed with 'bent coppers'...'
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Miles wrote:
'I don't think that the Ted they're talking about is our Ted. She was never so obsessed with 'bent coppers'...'


Well played, sir! Well played!
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Now Mary-Lou about your over familiar attitude to staff
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