The Three Students: So Painful A Scandal
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Title: The Three Students: So Painful A Scandal
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: The Victorian-school definition, that is.
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My friend read the headmaster’s incident book. “Two lads setting a lower form on fire.”
Soames hand-waved. “Good wholesome character-building.”
“Four deaths due to hazing last year. An upper-form’s servant boy beaten nearly to death.” Holmes fixed Soames with a stare. “But a student looking at an exam paper –“
“Is a scandal from which St. Luke may never recover!”
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: The Victorian-school definition, that is.
***
My friend read the headmaster’s incident book. “Two lads setting a lower form on fire.”
Soames hand-waved. “Good wholesome character-building.”
“Four deaths due to hazing last year. An upper-form’s servant boy beaten nearly to death.” Holmes fixed Soames with a stare. “But a student looking at an exam paper –“
“Is a scandal from which St. Luke may never recover!”