From Uniform Girls 15 ‘ ‘And who might you be, young lady?’ he asked. ‘Blayne, Sir. Monica Blayne.’ She knew who he was of course. Mr Hollis, the new headmaster. Since that morning. Which was why he didn’t know who Monica was, or presumably anyone else. She smiled: a tallish, darkly pretty girl of 17. ‘Monica Blayne. Ah yes. Captain of Tennis I believe.’ Monica flushed slightly. He knew that much then. He’d been doing his homework. ‘Yes sir,’ she said. Mr Hollis wasn’t bad looking for someone that age. And certainly younger looking than Mr Pringle, his predecessor. Amanda Smithers when they’d first seen him in Assembly this morning had said, ‘Oooohh look…!’ Meaning, ‘Ooh look, isn’t he nice.’ Not that Monica fancied men that age. ‘Yes,’ said Mr Hollis. ‘Hence the tennis kit. Been practising?’ ‘Yes sir.’ Monica swung the racquet loosely to and fro. Mr Hollis seemed all right. Easy-going. Which had been one good thing you co