When the story starts with la maîtresse saying
Je tiens à ce que monsieur le ministre reçoive ici un accueil inoubliable
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you just know, don't you that it's going to go horribly wrong...
only, this time, the headmaster comes up with a solution. What is it?
His solution was to lock the children in the laundry - no mention of whether he's lost the key yet.
RépondreSupprimerWhat struck me as one of the funniest bits was Nicholas' reaction to the boys being banned from singing aloud even though they "won" by getting to the end of the Marseillaise before the adults.