SCHOOL DAYS AND ALL

CHAPTER 7

And it had come at last , Iris and Carrie's quarrell .Now when Carrie had been conducted to her room , she was on the verge of tears , to think that Iris , her best friend Iris had done this to her.
On entering the room she had not looked around her and just flung herself on the nearest bed and dissolved into tears. After she had cried all she could , she sat up. Then imagine her surprise  when someone sat on her side. It was no other than Isabella White." Where did you come from?" Asked Carrie . " I was here all the time but when you started crying , I knew you wanted to be alone and you would feel better after so I remained quiet.".Carrie reached over and hugged her. "Now roommate,  we have some matters to attend to," said Isabelle. " Roommate !!??, I thought my  roommate was to be Violet Lewis, I was just thinking about how she would be"  "I went to Miss Cooper and asked her to release you from the clutches of Violet the great. "Why do you call her that , isn't she nice??" "Listen to me , little Caroline as we are roommates I have a few rules which you have to put up with. The first is that you can't ask me under any circumstances about any girl. I do not like gossip , even the most harmless type , I shall keep my ideas to myself,  and you will form your ideas of the girls presently,  If I believe a girl is  worth praising I shall praise her in her presence and If I lose my temper with someone I will say it to her face , do you understand me? " Carrie nodded her head.

Then a guide came and took Carrie on a tour of the tower , in which were the same things Iris saw in her tower but there were less writing studios and more kichens, and parlors. After that afternoon school began. The timetable of the school was roughly this. The morning bell rang at 7:00 ,after which the students dressed and took a short walk, or took a short swim in the swimming pool in summers. At 7 : 30 they assembled in the dining room for breakfast . Lessons started at 8:00 and ended at 1:00 , lunch was an informal meal , it could be taken in any place, many girls ate it in their rooms. Then the daily walk was commenced to town where the girls bought their things. After that the girls were free to do as they liked until 5:00. After a snack afternoon school began and ended at 7:00. 7 to 8 was preparation time . The girls followed their tower duties for half hour and then dinner was commenced. 9 to 10 was visiting hour , all the girls in the tower visited their friend's rooms and Miss Dennis allowed 4 girls once in two months to visit their friends in the other towers. The weekends were holidays so the girls could visit their parents or relatives.

When afternoon school commenced, Isabelle took Carrie to the third form classroom. About 20 girls were sitting in the classroom.  "Hey Belle, how were your holidays" a girl asked. " Who's this  kiddy you have with you " asked another. " This is Caroline Robinson, Caroline this is Lyra Todd. Carrie glanced at the girl. She was a large girl , with awkward features. Her hands were big and rough and she had an untidy mob of copper colored hair. Her eyes were the remarkable thing about her. They were big and  amber colored , to look into them meant to look into her soul because her eyes showed her emotions. Now they showed that Lyra was honest, straightforward and just . " Caroline extended her hand " Hi, nice to meet you Lyra" she said. Lyra grasped her hand in a kind , friendly handshake. " I am too" she said affably . " Now if your introductions are over please tell me who you are ,where you come from  and why you are here??" Asked another girl. She was short in height with a little chubby face and two large dimples in her cheeks, her hair were 
Chestnut brown in color, which were wavy, she had merry gray eyes ." You shouldn't be always inquisitive little butterfly"laughed Belle. Then Miss Ross came in "Good morning girls, sit down " she said. She was a neat and trim lady with acorn blonde hair, which had streams of gray in them. She was always neat and proper but her students loved her because whenever she started teaching she could inspire anyone. In classes introductions were made and books were distributed.