It's Miss Emily's fault.

She wouldn't allow them to wake you; she said you could be of no possible use downstairs, and you had better be treated like a visitor.

Miss Cecilia was so distressed at your missing your breakfast that she spoke to the housekeeper, and I was sent up to you.

Please to excuse it if the tea's cold.

This is Grand Day, and we are all topsy-turvy in consequence." Inquiring what "Grand Day" meant, and why it produced this extraordinary result in a ladies' school, Francine discovered that the first day of the vacation was devoted to the distribution of prizes, in the presence of parents, guardians and friends.