Althea Joins The Chalet School - Spoilers
Key Facts (Possible Spoilers) :
The school is in the Swiss Oberland on the Gornetz Platz
Miss Annersley - Head
Series Characters Whereabouts:
Len Maynard - Head girl
Con Maynard - Editor of The Chaletian.
Margot Maynard - Games Prefect.
Flavia (Copper) Ansell - Althea's Dormitory Prefect.
Althea stays with the Maynards for two or three days before term begins as her parents had to leave on an unexpected journey. She is a great fan of Jo's books and is delighted to meet her in person.
We are given the first hint of Margot's intention to become a nun in this book. There are also speculations among the girls about a possible romance between Reg and Len.
There is a motor boat incident, where the situation is saved only by Miss Ferrars' presence of mind. Len has an accident with oil paints and ends up looking like "a red Indian in war paint, rather than the headgirl of a decent school!"
Althea and Samaris form a close friendship and it is mainly jealousy over this that provokes Val's animosity.
Sophie Hamel, a very early Old Girl turns up unexpectedly with a marvelous gift for the school.
contributed by Sindhu Menon, India __ working from a paperback edition