The Princess of the Chalet School
Key Facts (Possible Spoilers) :
School Facts:
Headmistress is Madge Bettany
The School is in Briesau at the Tiernsee
Series Characters Whereabouts:
Jo Bettany - is a Middle
Robin Humphries - is a very junior Junior
Juliet Carrick - is head-girl
Grizel Cochrane - is games prefect
Peggy and Rix Bettany have just been born in India.
Some of the pranks played by the Middles include putting snails on to Matron's bedroom window in order to scare her, and shouting at each other because Matron keeps telling them to "speak up".
Matron is eventually dismissed for locking the Robin in her room for being in the dormitory during the day (with permission) and refusing to let her out.
A number of adventures ensue after Elisaveta is taken by the two strangers and Jo is extremely pleased that Elisaveta had learnt the woodcraft and tracking signs as a Guide as this enables her to easily follow the route that the men have taken. She rescues Elisaveta and they return to the school. Elisaveta's grandfather, the King of Belsornia, turns up at the school to thank Joey for saving Elisaveta and to tell the girls that Prince Cosimo is dead.
contributed by Janet Williams, England __ working from a hardback edition