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7.
Without a word, eagle eyes make their inspection. The
second girl gets her top DRAWER thrown out onto her bed.
SOCKS and UNDERWEAR go everywhere.
CATHERINE
You know how the Matriarch expects
your socks to be!
EXT. BOY’S DORMITORY
Robbie runs inside. He’s late for inspection and has a
dirty face. Despite this he’s smiling.
INT. OLD WOODEN CHURCH - GIRL’S DORMITORY
Catherine paces slowly towards Beth’s bed in the f.g. She
looks down into Beth’s neatly organised DRESSER.
Orderly SOCKS have been rolled up in balls forming smiling
faces.
Catherine smiles to Beth, genuine and heartfelt.
Something catches Catherine’s attention. She pulls out a
HAND TOWEL.
CATHERINE
What in the Good Lord’s name is this?
Catherine holds the missing HAND TOWEL tight in her hand,
presenting an edge of it to Beth in a grip of steel and
anger.
A crocheted ‘R.K.’ is clearly emblazoned on it.
Beth notices the girl opposite her eyeing her with
contempt. This is Gwen. She has recent SCRATCH MARKS on
her cheek.
Catherine looks behind her.
The Matriarch steps in.
EXT. THE MATRIARCH’S OFFICE - HALLWAY
A well-polished wooden door has a thick brass NAMEPLATE
attached. ‘Matriarch’.
One child gives the NAMEPLATE the Brasso treatment, while
another is on his hands and knees using a BUTTER KNIFE on