Trials For The Chalet School
Key Facts (Possible Spoilers) :
School Facts:
Headmistress: Miss Annersley and Miss Wilson are co-heads
Both the main School and St Mildred's, the finishing branch, are at the
Gornetz Platz, Switzerland.
Series Characters Whereabouts:
Jo Maynard - is living next door to the school at Freudesheim
Len Maynard - is in Vb
Con Maynard - is in Vb
Margot Maynard - goes down with Scarlet Fever, bringing an epidemic to
the school
Mary-Lou Trelawney - is Head Girl
Emerence Hope - Margot's great friend, alerts Matron when Margot is
clearly sickening for something.
Peggy Bettany - returns to act in the St Mildred's pantomime
Bride Bettany - returns to act in the St Mildred's pantomime
Biddy O'Ryan - now Mme Courvoisier, has given up teaching but is living
in a chalet near the school.
Early in the term, Naomi takes a bad fall during an outdoor art lesson because she has mistakenly brought out her indoor walking stick. Herr Laubach, the irascible art master, and one of the School's 'foundation stones', blames himself for losing his temper and angering Naomi, and tries to resign his post on the spot. Miss Annersley persuades him to soften this to retirement at the end of the school year.
Naomi falls again during a dramatic escape from an avalanche when the girls are out tobogganing. The party has just reached a hut where can shelter when Naomi stumbles and has to be dragged inside. The girls are snowed in at the hut overnight and it is night-time the next day by the time two local men manage to rescue them.
Haviong discovered that the Lower IV form room cupboard key will fit the Lost Property cupboard, the leading lights of Lower IV, including Ailie Russell, Janice Chester, and Judy Willoughby, decide to see to it that the Lost Property cupboard is kept filled to the brim by sweeping up everything in their path. Once they are found out, Naomi's suggestion that they should return each item individually to its owner with an apology is greeted with dismay.
After her very dangerous operation, the girls are concerned that they cannot get news of Naomi's progress during the Easter holiday. Resourceful Mary-Lou suggests that Joey Maynard, who will be able to visit Naomi regularly during the holidays, should place a notice in the Personal column of the Times twice a week to notify everyone of her recovery during the holidays.
News of Other Old Girls
Evadne Lannis is engaged - to Sir Edgar Watson, a widower with three children. Her previous wartime engagement ended when her fiance was shot down.
contributed by Christina Erskine, England __ working from a paperback edition