The result is the juniors have got it into their tiresome young heads that monitresses are a species of teacher.

They weren't intended to be that at all.

A monitress is just one of ourselves, only with authority that we all allow.

She ought to be jolly with everybody." "Um! You can hardly call Catherine jolly with the kids." "That's just it.

They resent it; they've gone their own way lately, and it's been decidedly downhill.