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Irene Carter has wanted to go to the Chalet school all her life. It's just as spectacular as she could have hoped for. Apart from the interferences of the women nest door and her numerous daughters Irene is in for a great year. (contains Joey bashing)
One cold December evening, Nell takes Hilda stargazing.
"There were, Kathie was quite sure, far worse reasons to buy shoes you couldn't actually walk in than the fact someone you liked had offered to lend you an arm while you wore them."
There were two 'Charlies' who taught History at the Chalet School.
"Nell sipped gloomily at her whisky - a generous measure, a Christmas gift from the friendly bartender, and already more than half gone - and wondered why she had ever thought coming to London was a good plan."
Hilda and Nell decide who Hilda's replacement as Head will be while she's on her educational tour.
A cello's release from storage to be a comfort to a grieving girl.
A blizzard traps Hilda and Nell in the School at Christmas, disrupting all their plans.
"Rosalie, why is it you've never married?" (Jo Maynard, A Chalet School Reunion, Elinor Brent-Dyer). Rosalie Dene and Peggy Burnett discuss marriage.
Minette's first visit to Miss Annersley's study.
Letters Jack Maynard wrote during "The School at the Chalet"
"This time next year, you'll be at Oxford," Rosalie said pensively. "I wish I were going, too."
"It was with a feeling of great relief that Hilda, having relayed Jack's message to Robin, left the library and made her way to Nell's study. A quiet cup of tea was just what she needed." A missing scene from Lavender Laughs.