![]() ![]() “Why does the headmistress want to see us?” Parvati’s hand trembles as she tucks a strand of black hair behind her ear. Parvati perches on the edge of the mattress while Livvy kicks off her borrowed red slippers and curls up. I guide them upstairs to the room I share with Rilla and gesture for them to sit on my bed. Mei’s a good hand with a needle perhaps she can take it in for her. I lent Parvati a navy-blue frock, but it hangs on her skeletal frame like a shroud. I was rather surprised that Alice volunteered it-she’s not known for her charity-but Livvy looks well in it. Livvy, a short, buxom brunette, is wearing a pink and red plaid dress of Alice’s. Last night we took up a collection of dresses for the new girls. “No, not at all.” I give her a reassuring smile. Parvati shies away from the hand I put on her shoulder. ![]() “Could the two of you come with me for a moment?” Perhaps I can thwart Inez in another way. I catch her eye and she gives me a tiny nod. Her friends are all pelting her with questions. I’d like to go to Tess and see to it that she’s all right, but she’s surrounded. ![]()
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