Peggy had never been to school before, and a quiet existence with her governess, Miss Trott, had not prepared her for the liveliness of The Rookery School.
Set there on the edge of the Downs, protected from the Channel gales by its 'Old Line' of firs, the school and its legends of rooks and a missing ruby filled Peggy's days with companionship and new adventure.
Peggy had never been to school before, and a quiet existence with her governess, Miss Trott, had not prepared her for the liveliness of The Rookery School.
Set there on the edge of the Downs, protected from the Channel gales by its 'Old Line' of firs, the school and its legends of rooks and a missing ruby filled Peggy's days with companionship and new adventure.