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St. Clare's 5 - Claudine at St. Clare's - Blyton, Enid PAT and Isabel
O'Sullivan walked into the fourth form-room at St. Clare's, and looked
round. 'Fourth form,' said Pat. 'Golly, we're getting on, aren't we,
Isabel!' 'Yes-fourth form seems a long way from the first form,' said
Isabel. 'I say-do you remember when we were in the first form-ages ago?
We were called the Stuck-up Twins then, because we hated St. Clare's,
and didn't want to belong to it.' The twins thought back to the days
when they had been first-formers. They remembered how they had settled
down at St. Clare's, their first dislike of it turning to pride and
admiration, and now here they were, fourth-formers at the beginning of
the summer term t ' Don't the first-formers seem babies now?' said Pat.
' We thought we were quite big when we first came, but when I see the
first-formers now they seem very young to me 1 I shall enjoy being in
the fourth form, won't you, Isabel?' ' I shall,' said Isabel. ' I hope
we shall stay on at St. Clare's until we are in the top form-and I hope
our friends do too.' ' Well, some of them have left already,' said Pat.
' Pam isn't coming back, nor is Sheila. Lucy Oriell has gone too-to an
Art School. She was going to stay on here, but she's too brilliant at
her art, and she's won a scholarship to the best art school in the
country.' ' Good for Lucy I' said Isabel. ' We shall miss her though. I
wonder if there are any new girls this term?' ' Sure to be,' said Pat.
She looked round the big form-room. ' I say, this is a fine room, isn't
it?-the nicest classroom we've had so far. There's a wonderful view out
of the window.' So there was. The twins could see miles of beautiful
country. It was country they knew well now, and loved very much. Down
below, in the school grounds, were the tennis-courts, the games fields,
and the big swimming-pool. The girls could see the school gardens too,
and the big kitchen garden full of fresh vegetables. ' Bags I sit by the
window,' said Pat. ' Hallo, there's Bobby, and Janet!' Roberta and Janet
walked into the classroom, grinning. Bobby's freckled face had a very
boyish look, and she was very like a boy in her ways, full of fun and
tricks. ' Hallo!' she said. ' Come to look at our new home? Nice room,
isn't it? ' ' What's our new form-mistress like? ' said Pat. ' Miss
Ellis-she's supposed to be quite nice, isn't she? ' ' Oh yes-very calm
and unruffled and dignified,' said Bobby. ' She'll be all right.' ' Got
any new tricks to play, Janet?' asked Isabel. Janet always had a stock
of tricks each term, most of them from her school-boy brother, who
seemed to be a real scamp. Janet grinned. ' Wait and see,' she said. '
Anyway, I suppose I'd better go carefully now I'm a fourth-former. Can't
rag about so much when you get high up the school. And I'm going to work
for my matric. exam, too, so I guess I won't have much time for tricks.'
' I guess you will, all the same,' said Pat. ' Any new girls, do you
know? ' ' Two or three,' said Bobby. ' Hallo, Hilary! Had good hols.?'
Hilary Wentworth came into the room, dark and smiling. She had been at
St. Clare's even longer than the twins. ' Hallo!' she said. ' Yes, I had
fine hols. I rode every day, and I played tennis on our hard court every
day too. I say, who's the angel? ' ' What do you mean? ' asked the twins
and Bobby. ' Oh, haven't you seen her? ' said Hilary. ' She's just
arrived, complete with posh new trunk, three tennis rackets; and a
handbag with gold initials on. What do you bet your Cousin Alison will