As well as this I believe she was no stranger to Miss Roberts’s slipper in class.
She was obviously given the detention by one of her other teachers.
If her misdemeanour had been committed in Miss Roberts’s class she would not have been sitting in the detention room, in fact, she might not have been sitting at all!
I can’t remember the other girl’s name.
The two of them had fallen into the trap of perceived safety when Miss Roberts went out for her coffee, and of course, got caught whispering loudly at each other when she sneaked back in.
I’d thought about warning them but realised the foolishness in that,
especially as I was seeing a boyfriend that night and I knew exactly the lasting effects of Miss Roberts’s slipper.
It was deja vu for me when the two were called out to the front of the room.
It reminded me of six months previously when Cathy and I had been standing there at the front guessing pretty accurately what was to be our immediate fate.