“You've got a treat coming to you,” Hortensia said. “She hates very small children.”
“She therefore loathes the bottom class and everyone in it. She thinks five-year-olds are grubs that haven't yet hatched out.”
In went another fistful of crisps and when she spoke again, out sprayed the crumbs.
“If you survive your first year you may just manage to live through the rest of your time here. But many don't survive.”
“They get carried out on stretchers screaming. I've seen it often.”
Hortensia paused to observe the effect these remarks were having on the two titchy ones.
Not very much. They seemed pretty cool. So the large one decided to regale them with further information.
“I suppose you know the Trunchbull has a lockup cupboard in her private quarters called The Chokey? Have you heard about The Chokey?”
Matilda and Lavender shook their heads and continued to gaze up at the giant.
Being very small, they were inclined to mistrust any creature that was larger than they were, especially senior girls.
“The Chokey,” Hortensia went on, “is a very tall but very narrow cupboard.”
“The floor is only ten inches square so you can't sit down or squat in it.”
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