On Probation - Hardcover

Gillies, Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1456804057 ISBN 13: 9781456804053

Publisher: Xlibris, 2010

Synopsis

St Hilda s was an old school Endowed by some rich industrialist in the early part of the nineteenth century it was one of the few remaining grammar schools still left in a comprehensive world Set on the outskirts of this small country town it lay almost secretively hidden amongst a mixture of substantial Georgian and Victorian dwellings The school entered from a tree lined avenue stood back from the street it s entrance between two substantial houses It was approached through a splendid driveway lined with beech trees across the playing fields and protected by high iron gates now open It looked a bit above the kind of school Colin was used to Still it ought to be easier to teach in He had been to a village school with only twenty two kids and then the local comp where the other kids thought him a swot That should mean a better type of girl he hoped fervently searching for some comfort The entrance was imposing Large redbrick pillars broke the high brick wall between the two houses They stood on either side of the open gates A carved stone lion surmounted each pillar guardians of the driveway The lions were rampant extremely rampant to the point of being decidedly horny Colin noted The sculptor had been over faithful to life and rather unwise in his rendering of the beasts in view of their intended location The pair were certainly well endowed Lionesses would perhaps have been more suitable for a girl s school It would surely have been safer in the circumstances if heraldically inaccurate to have chosen the female of the species Even as he was inspecting the St Hilda lions he was himself being inspected The sound of suppressed giggles made him realise it He had not moved since leaving the bus Neither had he been aware until now that some of the girls who got off the bus with him had not moved on either He jerked his eyes away from the lion s loins guiltily The small cluster of girls who were watching his anatomical study with un

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1456804057
• ISBN 13: 9781456804053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184