Remember Me
“Every girl’s eyes were riveted on the headmistress. Miss Lacey led the school in prayers for a safe journey, then she said: “The next time we talk to one another as a school, we will be in a strange hall, in someone else’s building. None of us know when we will be back here in St. John’s, or even if our school will still be standing after the war. We are setting off on the biggest adventure of our lives, and like our brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen, we do not know where we are going or what... awaits us. We do know that homes will be provided for us in places of safety.
“I am proud that our school is part of the greatest exodus from the city that has ever happened. Be good ambassadors wherever you go, so that the generous people who are opening their homes to us will be glad that they have done so.”
The girls filed back to their classrooms in total silence to the strains of the organ playing “Land of Hope and Glory,” The music had never sounded more eloquent.
When Miss Barry handed out luggage labels, Marianne’s hand shook.MoreLess
“I am proud that our school is part of the greatest exodus from the city that has ever happened. Be good ambassadors wherever you go, so that the generous people who are opening their homes to us will be glad that they have done so.”
The girls filed back to their classrooms in total silence to the strains of the organ playing “Land of Hope and Glory,” The music had never sounded more eloquent.
When Miss Barry handed out luggage labels, Marianne’s hand shook.MoreLess
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