The girls of St Elowen’s

The Pupils

They are not seven types, and the school will not let you reduce them to seven adjectives. They are seven girls, and then a good many more, and every one of them has a flaw, a longing, and something she is not telling you. We have not drawn their faces. A girl’s own picture of them is worth more than ours, and we would rather not paint over it.

EEmily AshworthFirst Form, Elm

PPoppyFirst Form, Elm

IIrisFirst Form, Elm

SSophieFirst Form, Elm

BBethFirst Form, Elm

FFelicity, called FlickFirst Form, Elm

LLucindaFirst Form, Elm

BBeatrice, called Bea, LangleyHolly, Hockey Captain

CClementine, called Clem, StratfordHolly

HHesterLower Fourth

MMargaretLower Fourth

TOctavia, called Tavi, MontroseUpper Fifth, Prefect

JJudithUpper Fourth, Oak

VVerityUpper Fourth, Oak

AAnjali SharmaA day girl

DDaisy AshworthAt home, in London

One day, when the illustrator has earned them, they will have their portraits. Until then, they have their words, which is where they came from in the first place.