Mrs Hester Appleyard
The headmistress, who rules Appleyard College with an iron fist and never a hair out of place. A formidable foe, Mrs Appleyard extols order, precision, perfection.
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Buttoned up from her boots to her starched collar - where is pinned a cameo in the image of her late husband Arthur - she rarely sets foot outside and believes firmly that a woman is only as good as her reputation. Appleyard College is set up in the service of this, producing well-turned out girls, marriage material. Mrs Appleyard’s own reputation, however, is something of a mystery. Is she really from the aristocracy or – as her accent sometimes suggests – did she grow up on a very different side of London? What will she do to protect her identity and her carefully crafted reputation?
Meet Mrs Appleyard
Sinking beneath the weight of her demons.
