She simply refused to let the matter rest where it was. The whole thing was ridiculous.
She couldn't believe that the parents were totally unaware of their daughter's remarkable talents.
After all, Mr Wormwood was a successful motor-car dealer so she presumed that he was a fairly intelligent man himself.
In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse.
Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to convince the proud father or mother that their beloved offspring was a complete nitwit.
Miss Honey felt confident that she would have no difficulty in convincing Mr and Mrs Wormwood that Matilda was something very special indeed.
The trouble was going to be to stop them from getting over-enthusiastic.
And now Miss Honey's hopes began to expand even further.
She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school.
The prospect of coaching a child as bright as this appealed enormously to her professional instinct as a teacher.
And suddenly she decided that she would go and call on Mr and Mrs Wormwood that very evening.
She would go fairly late, between nine and ten o'clock, when Matilda was sure to be in bed. And that is precisely what she did.
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