He knew when he was at a disadvantage, that schoolboy again waiting for his senior mistress to make the first move.
In about 1803, her previously undisputed place as senior mistress to the Prince of Wales was challenged by his infatuation with Lady Hertford.
She was at senior school by this time, of course, and the senior mistress sent for her, sat her down and began to question her kindly about conditions at home.
She thought of Felicity Wells, the senior mistress, passionate about George Herbert and Anglo-Catholicism, who had spent a lifetime tempting with these fine things girls from this dirty town.
The first senior mistress was Beryl McSloy (later Hallam), who later became one of the deputy principals.
His father was Bursar and Art Master at Cranleigh School; his mother had been a senior mistress at Lincoln Training College for teachers.
This gave the king an excuse to view the younger woman sleeping, and the older the opportunity to play the role of the senior mistress, who controlled her lover through the junior.
A planned tutorial programme was prepared by the senior mistress, head of house and the child's tutor to raise the awareness of the children in the tutor group.