Ladette to Lady - Episode 2 - page 2

03-10-2006 12:02

The girls gleefully whip off their aprons and head straight for the local pub. While most remain cool and collected, conscious that this is a test of their decorum, ladette Louise becomes utterly uncontrollable.

Downing pints of lager, Louise quickly forgets herself and treats the rest of the pub to a display of shouting, swearing and football chanting that results in many of the regular clientele demanding refunds as they complain to the management about the disruption to their pleasant evening and

In the small village, the teachers soon hear of Louise’s misconduct and misdemeanours, and as a result she is punished. While the other girls mix and mingle with the eligible bachelors at the formal dinner, she is humiliated to be demoted to being the wine waitress, forbidden to talk to the other guests.

Pandemonium ensues in the kitchen but remarkably by the time the guests arrive the ladettes have pulled it together. The nine bird roast has come up trumps; the sherry trifle is edible; and even Louise has managed to serve wine all evening without touching a drop.

During the formal dinner, cookery teacher Rosemary Schrager is far from happy with the girl’s behaviour: “They are the hostesses but they’re just not doing anything at all, they’re just having a good time. The teacher’s are the guests this evening, we’ve been completely ignored.” She furiously adds: “It’s just as if they are at a party, and enjoying themselves, and I’m not amused.”

The standards of Eggleston Hall are unswervingly high and the following morning the ladettes face the ordeal of the weekly assessments. The staff soon reach a unanimous decision about who should be expelled.