Pennyfeather arrives at Llanabba Castle the evening following his interview with Dr. Fagan. Pennyfeather is met by the butler, who shows him to the masters' cramped Common Room and abruptly departs, leaving Paul lost and discouraged in the unfamiliar surroundings. After several boys peek into the Common Room to stare and giggle at Paul where he sits, depressed, in a straight-backed chair, the first of the other two masters at Llanabba Castle enters. The man introduces himself as Captain Grimes, the man Dr. Fagan mentioned during Paul's interview as being, "...not out of the top drawer." Grimes leaves, without explanation, and is replaced by an older master, called Prendergast, who is rather friendlier than anyone Paul has met thus far, but who also informs the newcomer that he will hate it.....
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