Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> your wife might have gone along with it anyway   
      
   That I seriously doubt given that she thought I was playing favourites with   
   the eldest being the favoured one.  I of course disagree(d) with that   
   assessment but was not all that vocal about it, not that it really mattered as   
   it wasn't really a serious issue.   
      
    NB> Fortunately, it wasn't needed   
      
   Also I don't believe it would have worked even if it was needed.  I've only   
   met one girl who was sent to the school in question and it seemed to me at the   
   time that she was probably as bad as she ever was although I don't know   
   exactly how bad she was when she was sent as I met her in later life   
   (18-19ish).  Also she was from a very well to do family and behaved like the   
   typical rich girl spoiled type.  That was my only real life experience with   
   such matters so my view is more than likely skewed by that particular   
   encounter.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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