At two pm I was standing outside the prefects’ room with my hands on my head and my nose against the wall with six other girls awaiting our fate. As girls were dealt with in order of being summoned I thought I would be last to be called in.
I did not know that four of the girls had been caught outside the school at lunchtime and so were after me.
The first girl was called in and I could hear muffled voices, then silence.
They must be considered punishment. Then I heard a whoosh and a scream, followed by two more, then silence.
The girl must be signing the punishment book.