To ask all Chaletians to get ready for Madame's birthday?

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Pop to the splasheries my lambs and after you've brushed your hair till it shines we'll have a quick practice of 'I sing of Margaret so fair'.

Once we've finished casting the movie, that is....

Summer I'm sure Madame won't forget-in fact I heard her murmurring something along those lines to Mrs A: "unforgettable" was definitely one of the words she used... along ith a few other words I haven't come across before... probably in Russian or another language.

Yes, I think I heard her say "fucking hell"

I must remember to ask Sally-go-round-the-moon what exactly it means.

Lucky Madame - what a glorious birthday!

MaryLou Trelawney said Fucking last week I think. It's some Low German word but whatever it means Matey made her get into bed for a day so I'm guessing she was unwell too.

I don't think that Madame will forget this birthday for a while.

I see Miss Annersley is still very tight lipped this morning. Bill is packing her bags to go to her new school, and they don't seem to be speaking.

And matey has another of her migraines and is still in bed.

Oh and one of those policemen came back this morning. I heard him say something to Miss Annersley about 'a caution'.
I suppose we were a bit of a caution, really. I'm so glad he has a sense of humour and could see what fun we were all having .

Well it's Saturday morning. I hope you have all finished your mending and are ready for guides. Are we going to go for a jolly walk march round by Geisalm under the Dripping Rock? Your clothes get very wet on that path and they go all clingy. Maybe that's why the staff keep marching us past.

I have to miss Guides as I let off an indoor sparkler during Prep.

Aren't all the staff down today? Must be the anit cllmax after yesterday. Bill just went off without saying goodbye to anyone, Miss Steward is going around with red weepy eyes, Matey just keeps clutching her head and snarling if you say anything to her, and Miss Annersley has locked herself into her room and says she doesn't want to see anyone until Monday morning

I'm sure that Joey will pop in and sing to everyone. Or maybe the Robin could give us a rendition of The Red Sarafan?

Matey was very, very clear that there should be no singing today. She said she didn't think she could bear it. I imagine she means all the thrill and excitement, two days in a row.

So... I shouldn't be practising with my new drum kit under her bedroom window then? Oops. I never seem to do the right thing!

Oh, Joey, shall we make a jazz band?

I'll get my poppa to buy me a saxophone, shall I? He's loaded so I'll ask him to buy a couple of extras. That should be nice for a jazz band.

Topping!

Gosh have I missed all the fun? I was with papa and mammamina at a concert in The Hague for half term.

Can I join the jazz band? Let's get a concert together and invite all the houses. We can ask Joey to open her mouth and sing with her golden notes. It's for the honour of St Claire's so she won't mind.

Anybody want a ukulele? Or a mouth organ?

A jazz band would be smashing! Can you really get a saxophone? Where will we practise? I don't think under Matron's window is a good idea.

Emits weird cow like groaning. I most certainly can, Joey!! Have you taken a picture of me yet?

You can have a ukulele if you like, Joey. Maybe those boys that Summer bumped into could help you. I'm sure I heard one of them mention something about fingering. And I'm sure that's something to do with stringed instruments, isn't it?!

I'm sure I heard one of them mention something about fingering. And I'm sure that's something to do with stringed instruments, isn't it?!

What else could it be?

I have my Kodak here, ready to take a photo the minute you can get a note out of your sax, Tinuviel I'll have to use the school dark room to develop it though. Though it's busy in there today, I'm sure I heard voices, glasses clinking and giggles from there when I walked by.

Maybe Summer smuggled those boys in to help her in the darkroom with her pictures of us under Dripping Rock. I think she was struggling with her film earlier - something about getting it out or in - I wasn't quite sure.

You are probably right, as they are boys they obviously know far more than us girls how to do everything. Were they trainee doctors?

Can I play the recorder. Mummy loved the sound of me practising it when I was home on hols. She actually suggested I go and do it in the huge empty field across the way as it was so beautiful it should not be confined to the indoors.

They might be burglars, Joey. I'd lock the door just in case.

How soon do you think we can give the grand musical performance, do you think? Miss Annersley seems sorely in need of cheering up. :( I'm sure a bit of jazz would help.