Adrienne and the Chalet School
Key Facts (possible Spoilers)
School Facts:
Miss Annersley is Headmistress
Both the main School and St Mildred's, the finishing branch, are at the Gornetz Platz, Switzerland.
Series Characters Whereabouts:
Robin Humphries - nun (Soeur Cécile) at La Sagesse. She starts the book in Arles, France but gets called back to Toronto.
Jo Maynard - is living next door at Freudesheim
Len Maynard - Head Girl
Con Maynard - a prefect
Margot Maynard - not disclosed. Possibly VIa?
Ted Grantly - Second Prefect
Madge Russell - in Australia, with daughters Sybil and Josette, who are both engaged.
Mary-Lou Trelawney - studying at Oxford
Vi Lucy - studying Art
Ailie Russell - in Inter V
Judy Willoughby - in Inter V
Janice Chester - in Inter V
Jack Lambert - in Upper IVa
Adrienne is living in a less than reputable area of the town and when the nuns go to get her and bring her back to the convent, the concierge of the building is threatening and abusive towards Adrienne. Soeur Cecile steps in and the concierge backs down. We discover later that Simone - not gifted with imagination - gave Joey a lurid account of the arrest of the concierge and other tenants in the building. Adrienne is ill for a long time after this, due to the shock of her father's death and the escape from the concierge.
Upon arriving at the school, Adrienne gains joint-top of the form with Janet Henderson. Janet has always been top of the form up until this point and resents Adrienne for tying with her. She is nasty to Adrienne and tries to hint that she lies and cheats. Thankfully, Ailie, Janice & Judy are scornful of such suggestions and advise Adrienne to just ignore her.
During the half-term, Adrienne participates in a Treasure Hunt in the school - where Prudence Dawburn manages to drench herself by pulling the shower cord by mistake, a sheets & pillowcase party at Freudesheim for the whole Senior school, and a "new girls" party on the Sunday. Joey starts to wonder about Adrienne's family as she feels that Adrienne's habits and movements remind her of someone she knows very well.
Later in the term, the form's tableaux evening ends in Janet's dress going on fire and Adrienne saves her. They both end the term in the San and Len, also slightly hurt in the fire, decides what to do about her future. While in San, Janet has a chance to think about her recent behaviour and Adrienne has her long pigtail cut off, giving her curls. It is this that helps Mary-Lou - who has come to pay a visit to Joey - to identify who Adrienne reminds them of.
contributed by Julie Robertson, Scotland __ working from a paperback edition