Enter Miss Dunham.
Miss Dunham (putting out left hand). Stay, young ladies, the chapel is in the other direction.
Lillian. But—
Miss Dunham. No excuses, please. The bell has rung for prayers.
Maude. Mayn’t I—
Miss Dunham. If you mean may I not, Miss Atherton, say so.
Maude. May I not—
Miss Dunham. Certainly not. Whatever you wish to do, you must wait until after prayers. (Betty attempts to sneak off but is promptly recalled.) Miss Warren, I shall report you for insubordination and you will do one hundred lines after school.
Florence (aside). Oh, ye gods and little fishes!
Miss Dunham. Miss Dennis, I shall report you for profanity. I have remarked before on your flippant manner of conversation. Two hundred lines, please. Come, young ladies, we’ll all be late to prayers. (Ushers them all before her in opposite direction to that taken by Effie.)