“So how was your first day back at work?” Annie asked.
Mary closed the door of the schoolhouse and walked across the room to drop on a chair at the table before she said anything.
“It was fine,” she replied.
“Well that’s an underwhelming response if ever I heard one,” Annie went on and laughed. “I can’t imagine the children gave you any trouble when I left. They can be a bit fidgety sometimes, but they are well behaved for the most part.”
“The ones you introduced me to the day before yesterday were no problem,” Mary replied. “But did you know there was a new student starting.”
The confused expression spread across Annie’s face as a frown creased her brow.
“Nobody told me about a new student,” she let out after a moment of consideration. “Who was it?”
“He said his name was Tom Saunde
