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The story follows two sisters who return to a seaside boarding school and balance school duties with lively excursions and local friendships. Episodes trace their social responsibilities as monitress, interactions with schoolmates from a nearby town, encounters with colorful townspeople and an artist neighbor, and a sequence of term-time events—elections, theatrical rehearsals, seasonal festivities, illnesses, and small mysteries—that test loyalties and resourcefulness. Through schoolroom scenes, seaside rambles, clubs and farewells, the narrative emphasizes camaraderie, youthful mischief, and the rhythms of small-town life around the girls' efforts to reconcile duty with the desire for adventure.
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