Malory Towers - 02 - Second Form at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Children's Fiction
Published: 1947-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

A Dreadful Evening

It was the day before the tests were to begin. Some of the girls were swotting up hard, feeling rather girllty because they hadn’t paid as much attention to their work as they ought to have done. Betty Hill was poring over her books. So was Gwendoline. And, as usual, poor Ellen had her nose between the pages of a book, trying to cram into a short time what could only be learnt slowly and in peace.

Miss Parker was quite worried about Ellen. The girl gave her a strained attention in class, and yet her work was only fair. It wasn’t for lack of trying. Miss Parker knew. She supposed it must be that Ellen was not very fit after her illness.

Ellen knew that the test-papers were ready. She had heard Miss Parker talking about them. As for Mam’zelle, in her usual tantalizing manner she had shaken her test-paper in front of the class, and cried, “Ah, you would like to know what I have set you, would you not! You would like to know what are these difficult questions! Now the first one is…”

But she never did say what the first one was, and

the class laughed. Anyway, Mam’zelle Dupont was never so strict over tests as Mam’zelle Rougier, who set the most difficult questions and expected them to be answered perfectly—and then groaned and grumbled because nearly all the girls failed to get high marks!

It was Ellen’s last chance that day to try to see the papers. If only that irritating Alicia wouldn’t always keep hanging around! The thought occurred to Ellen that Alicia might be spying on her—but she dismissed it at once. Why should she? Nobody in the world save Ellen herself knew that she wanted to see the test-papers.

She hung about in the passage outside Miss Parker” room for a long time that evening. But there was never any chance of going in without being seen. Somebody always seemed to be going by. It was astonishing how many girls went this way and that way past Miss Parker’s door.

Then, most annoyingly, the only time that the passage was really empty was when Miss Parker herself was in the room. She was mete with Miss Potts. Ellen could quite well hear what they were saying.

She bent down by the door as if she was re-tying her shoe-lace.

“The second form haven’t done too badly this term,” she heard Miss Parker say to Miss Potts. “They seem to have benefited by the year they spent with you! Most of them can use their brains, which is something!” “Well. I hope they do well in the tests.” said Miss Potts. “I always take an interest in their first tests when they go up to the second form for the first time. Having bad the girls for three or four terms I can’t lose my interest in them quickly. I suppose Alicia or Irene or Darrell will be top. They’ve all got good brains.” “Have a look at the

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