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Third Year at Malory Towers
Enid Blyton
Language: English
Pages: 178
ISBN: 0749744839
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The girls return for another term to find several new faces in their form. There is Zerelda, the American girl, Bill, short for Wilhelmina, who is mad about horses, and Mavis who has a remarkable voice
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Williams laughed. 'Well, Zerelda, I won't burden you with extra work just yet, if you'll really make an effort and try to give your attention to your school work and not—er—quite so much attention to your face, shall we say—and nails—and hair?' Zerelda was annoyed. She was going to study to be a famous film-star, so what was the use of all this algebra and history stuff? Just waste of time for a girl like her! She had good brains, she knew she had—it was just that American schools and English
nothing about it,' she said. She cast a sharp look at Alicia. She knew Alicia's sarcastic tongue. Alicia looked back at her. She didn't mean to jeer at Zerelda—but at the back of her sharp-witted mind she knew that Zerelda's disgrace would be a nice little weapon to taunt her with, if she gave herself too high-and-mighty airs. After the afternoon class there was half an hour's lacrosse practice. The third-formers streamed out, Gwendoline last as usual, with Mavis running her close. They were the
her headlong rush. 'Darrell Rivers! Are you mad?' said Lucy. 'No! Well, perhaps I am a bit!' said Darrell. 'I'm third reserve for the third match-team! Molly's just told me.' 'That's jolly good,' said Ellen. 'Congratulations! Lucky thing! I'll never be in any match-team, and I'm a fourth-former. ' Everyone seemed pleased and clapped Darrell on the back. She rushed to the third form common-room to break the news there. Most of the girls were there, sitting about, reading, playing games or
Matron's room. Matron awoke and opened her door in surprise. She exclaimed in horror when she saw Mavis. 'What's all this'.' 110 THIRD YEARATMALORYTOWERS Where has she been? She's soaked through and shivering. Miss Peters, there's an electric blanket in that cupboard. Put it into the little bed over there, will you, and get the bed hot. And put my electric kettle on. Good gracious! What can have happened?" 'Goodness knows,' said Miss Peters, doing all the things she had been asked to do,
majority say.' 'Darrell and you!' exclaimed Sally. 'What's Darrell got to do with it? It's your trick, not hers!' 'Oh, we've just been planning it out together that's all,' said Alicia, coolly, pleased to see Sally's jealousy flare up in public. Darrell went red. It was true she had enjoyed talking over the trick with Alicia—but she knew quite well that Alicia was only saying that to make Sally cross. Bother them both. Why couldn't they all be friends together? Never mind— Betty was coming
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