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she replied sagely . `` I 'm not stiff and stand-off like some of them are , at any rate . If you 'd care to take a walk down the corridor , I 'll go with you . '' A stroll with anyone was better than sitting alone in the classroom ; it was still only two o'clock , and there was half an hour to get through before afternoon school began . Gwen was not averse to exploring the upper corridor , for as a Junior it had been forbidden ground to her . She and Netta went into the Sixth Form room , the Senior French and German room , and even looked inside the teachers ' room , finding nobody there . `` Miss Roscoe 's private sitting-room is at the end of the passage , '' said Netta .