She was able to persuade her body guard boyfriend to remove the ceramic plates from one of his vests and with some rather skillful workmanship she was able to incorporate these plates into her own regulation school knickers in such a manner as they were undetectable.
The subsequent visit to the study of the senior mistress resulted in the anticipated thrashing. However 6 of the best with the Lochgelly proved ineffective and the integrity of our young friend’s derriere was intact.
There were rumors that this same bodyguard was later implicated in the mysterious demise of “Jack the Hat McVittie” and subsequently made himself very scarce. However my friend the prefect was being hailed as a hero and I was the only person apart from herself that knew the full story.