The Feud in the Chalet School
Key Facts (Possible spoilers)
School Facts.
The school is on the Gornetz Platz in Switzerland.
Miss Annersley is Headmistress
Series Characters whereabouts
Joey and Family are at Freudesheim
Maeve Bettany is Head girl
The Triplets are Seniors
Jack Lambert & Co are Middles
A tragic incident which occurs during the term is the death of Herr Laubach, the old Art Master. It is on this occasion that Miss Ashley commits her worst indiscretion.
Margot happens to overhear some of Miss Ashley's unkind remarks and thoughtlessly repeats them and the feud spreads to the seniors also with the St. Hilda girls feeling honour bound to support their own mistress
There is also the affair of the two Minettes in which two virtually undistinguishable cats turn up and indulge in violent scrimmage.
When they are not fighting with each other, the Middles are up to their usual pranks, the most hilarious episode being one where they decide to "help" Gaudnez the handy man and end up painting the doors with golden syrup instead of varnish!
By the end of the book Jack and Gillie become good friends, and even after St Hilda's move back to their own school buildings, we see in the later books that they maintain close and cordial relations with the Chalet School.
contributed by Sindhu Menon, India __ working from a paperback edition