The Manor School

Early -- very early -- on the following morning, those girls who happened to be awake might have heard sounds of wheels on the gravel sweep without the house. They might have heard hurried steps going down the corridor; and had they chosen to rise from their beds and look out of the windows, they would have perceived a lady and a girl get into a cab. They would have seen some boxes being put on the roof, and the cab, with the lady and girl inside, leaving the place.

When school did resume its ordinary functions on that unhappy day Miss Forest read prayers; and when prayers were over she said quite simply: