The Twins at St. Clare's

Enid Blyton
First edition: 1941
Category: St Clare's
Genre: School

The Twins Make Up Their Minds
One sunny summer afternoon four girls sat on the grass by a tenths-court, drinking lemonade. Their
rackets lay beside them, and the six white balls were scattered over the court.
Two of the girls were twins.. Isabel and Patricia O'Sullivan were so alike that only a few people
could tell which was Pat and which was Isabel. Both girls had dark brown wavy hair, deep blue
eyes and a merry smile, and the Irish lilt in their voices was very pleasant to hear.
The twins were staying for two weeks with friends of theirs, Mary and Frances Waters. The four
girls were talking, and Pat was frowning as she spoke. She took up her racket and banged it hard on
the grass.
"It's just too bad that Mummy won't let us go to the same school as you, now that we have all left
Redroofs School together. We've been friends so long and now we've got to go to a different school,
and we shan't see each other for ages." "It's a pity that Redroofs only takes girls up to fourteen," said
Isabel. "We could have stayed on together and it would have been fun. I loved being head-girl with
Pat the last year and it was fun being tennis-captain, and Pat being hockey-captain. Now we've got
to go to another school that doesn't sound a bit nice - and begin at the bottom! We'll be the young
ones of the school instead of head-girls." "I do wish you were coming to Ringmere School with us!"
said Frances. "It's such a nice exclusive school, our mother says. You know - only girls of rich....