A Ghost in the Attic
From Blushes 48 ‘Has anyone told you yet?’ Samantha said. ‘About the attic room? If you commit any misdemeanours here you get sent to the attic room. For one or two nights. Jackie will tell you. She’s been sent there. Mr Clayfield is very keen on blondes, isn’t he, Jackie?’ Jackie coloured slightly. She was a blonde, with short, neat, butter-brown hair; not as spectacularly blonde as the new girl’s curling, shoulder-length platinum locks. ‘You’ve been as well, I seem to remember. It’s not only blondes.’ Samantha was darker, though equally attractive, with petite, gamine looks. ‘What’s this attic room?’ Diane asked. ‘What’s wrong with it?’ The other two exchanged glances. Samantha said, ‘Nothing’s really wrong with it. Not the room as such. It’s… well you could say it’s haunted. A nocturnal ghost is liable to visit you there. In fact it’s guaranteed.’ Jackie smiled. ‘Yes. A very substantial ghost. He must weigh about 14 stone...