It was prettily furnished, and looked bright and pleasant.

The girls had a common sitting-room, where they could read, write, paint or play games, and the bedrooms were divided into cubicles.

So far there were only ten boarders, though there was accommodation for eighteen, but no doubt the numbers would be increased when the venture became better known.
The school seemed very strange without the familiar figures of Margaret Howell, Kirsty Paterson, Patricia Marshall and the other prefects.

All of the Sixth had left except Linda Fletcher and Dorrie Pollock, and the members of V.a.were now promoted to the top form.

Linda Fletcher was head of the school, the new prefects being Hilda Langley, Agatha James, Bessie Kirk, Grace Olliver, Evelyn Richards and Garnet Emerson.