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She enjoys the company of the girls, who are closer to her in age and sensibility than any of her fellow teachers. She likes the servants downstairs well enough, particularly Minnie, but Mrs Appleyard doesn’t approve of fraternising with the help, and Mademoiselle’s been brought up to respect these differences in class. Appleyard College is a lonely life for her really, but that’s no reason to settle for the Louis Montpelier, the town watchmaker. The only thing they have in common is the fact they’re both French and that isn’t the slightest bit romantic. But her fantasies turn to nightmares after the picnic (it had been Miranda, her “Botticelli angel” who petitioned her for the excursion to Hanging Rock), and the only way to uncover the truth now is to engage with reality… as terrifying as that may be. What has happened to Sara Waybourne?