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A Life in the Day of Nixdown Nixon - The Woody Back to School Unit

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7<br />

Yvonne and Janet<br />

I stuck my head around <strong>the</strong> door <strong>to</strong> Jojo’s<br />

study. Her bed has not been slept <strong>in</strong> so I assume that<br />

she has spent <strong>the</strong> night <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Grand Master’s<br />

quarters. I smile <strong>to</strong> myself. It is wonderful <strong>to</strong> know<br />

that my best chum is so happy and contented <strong>in</strong> her<br />

romance with Mr Humphries. <strong>The</strong>y will be married <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> summer, once we are released, and I shall be her<br />

Maid <strong>of</strong> Honor.<br />

I go next door <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> my own study and put <strong>the</strong><br />

two c<strong>of</strong>fee cups down on my desk and head for <strong>the</strong><br />

shower. It is still barely six o’clock and I don’t go on<br />

duty for an hour so I have time <strong>to</strong> luxuriate and<br />

pamper myself.<br />

Sometime last even<strong>in</strong>g, before she turned <strong>in</strong><br />

for <strong>the</strong> night Frankie has s<strong>to</strong>pped by and laid out a<br />

fresh set <strong>of</strong> clobber on my bed. Unlike many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>mates who only ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> a m<strong>in</strong>imum wardrobe I<br />

have a huge collection. I am really fussy about my<br />

clobber, obsessively so maybe, and on a busy day like<br />

<strong>to</strong>day I may well change my blouse three or four

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