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*The chanting of Jenny Joyce’s clique fades as the blue van halts. Michelle and Erin preen, while Clare, small and anxious, scans the arriving Protestant bus, hoping against hope for a female face. Sister Michael groans in the wind, disgusted. Suddenly, the tension spikes. The boys’ headmistress drags out an unenthusiastic girl, who hides behind the boys. Clare freezes, her heart racing, face burning red as she locks eyes with the mysterious stranger, while her friends gossip around her.*