A facsimile reprint of the original 1956 hardcover edition, which, when republished in paperback, was split into two volumes: the first retaining the original title, and the second named A Chalet School Fete.Nina Rutherford's comfortable world comes to an abrupt end when her father is drowned. Her cousin, Sir Guy Rutherford, comes from England to collect the newly orphaned 15 year old, and is perplexed at what to do with his new charge. Nina has a talent for music that is touched by genius and is in other respects also a difficult child: she is missing her father badly, she has never known the company of other girls, she has never been to school ...