“Congratulations, Miss Honey!” “Who threw the water over her?” asked the matron.
“I did,” said Nigel proudly. “Good for you,” another teacher said. “Shall we get some more?”
“Stop that,” the matron said. “We must carry her up to the sick-room.”
It took all five teachers and the matron to lift the enormous woman and stagger with her out of the room.
Miss Honey said to the class, “I think you'd all better go out to the playground and amuse yourselves until the next lesson.”
Then she turned and walked over to the blackboard and carefully wiped out all the chalk writing.
The children began filing out of the classroom. Matilda started to go with them, but as she passed Miss Honey she paused
and her twinkling eyes met the teacher's eyes and Miss Honey ran forward and gave the tiny child a great big hug and a kiss.
A New Home
Later that day, the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit
and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face.
The next morning she did not turn up at school. At lunchtime, Mr Trilby, the Deputy Head, telephoned her house to enquire if she was feeling unwell.
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