A door slammed and she came back down and resumed teaching the class.
Some ten minutes later Laurence Tanner reemerged holding out his burning
hand to anyone who would look.
Teech coldly ignored him.
Eventually he resumed his seat at the back of the class.
He had been severely hand strapped by the Male Headmaster on instructions
of the teacher.!
the Victorian school building, rising high above the surrounding houses, with its high ceilings, huge windows and parquet flooring and the all familiar feature, the 4 narrow winding staircase, hardly wide enough for the rather lager than life headmistress with her larger than life hands, to negotiate and squeeze up. And at the top, a small landing, with a lonesome,small wooden chair .