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Show had hoped for someone much younger to be her dorm mother-someone who looked more understanding than Miss Dennis. Miss Dennis handed her mother a stack of papers and told Mrs. long that Kim's roommate, Mimi Overfelt, wouldn't be arriving until tomorrow morning. When her mother had finished signing some forms, Mrs. Dennis directed her to a group of parents and students who were gathering at the opposite end of the enormous stone hall. They were beginning a tour of the school led by Mr. Prenzlow, the headmaster. Mr. Flugman, teacher, would have liked the headmaster. Mr. Prenzlow was short and stood almost on tip toe as if a string were pulling the top of his head heavenward, the way Mr. Flugman said a good dancer should stand. A thick moustache covered most of his upper lip which seemed frozen in a smile as he talked. His brown, wavy hair was combed down over his receeding hairline so that wispy curls framed his forehead and he wore round wire framed glasses which rested on a hump on his nose. After welcoming the parents and students, Mr. Prenzlow led them through two large french doors onto a vast playing field. On one side of the field were three single story brick classroom buildings which were nestled among spreading oak trees. A stone chapel stood directly across the field, and next to the chapel was a huge grey stucco building which Kim guessed was the gymnasium. For the next hour, Kim and her mother followed Mr. 16 |