Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School

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Thirteen-year-old Lavender Leigh has been taken to the doctor by her Auntie Sylvia because she is nervy and has little appetite. Miss Leigh (Auntie Sylvia) is soon to be called up into the Women's Services. Dr. Marilliar of Medbury (near Armiford) recommends that Lavender be sent to the Chalet School, which his own daughter and two of his nieces attend, as there she will be under careful medical supervision. Until the outbreak of war, Miss Leigh and Lavender had travelled about the world, collecting material for a series of Geographical Readers ("Lavender Laughs In New Guinea", "Lavender Laughs In Libya"). This wandering lifestyle is at the root of Lavender's nervous problems, and Dr. Marilliar strongly advises Miss Leigh to give Lavender the settled routine of an ordinary schoolgirl.