I said, pack it in, or you’ll be sorry. They just laughed and made faces in class. One night, when it was cold and you could hear the rain beating on the windows, I opened the door to my little room very quietly and I sent Teddy out to frighten them. There was one faint night light and I watched Teddy doing his awkward walk down the middle of the dorm—between all the beds, which were lined up on either side. One of Teddy’s legs was damaged—some of the stuffing inside had got crushed when he had been in that box—so he limped as he went along the aisle.
I made him stop at Louisa Bramton’s bed and he went right up to where she was sleeping and started to tug at the eiderdown. When the eiderdown moved off her, the cold woke her up. She was face to face with Teddy. She screamed. It was brillia
