Each Saturday, Nell, Fiona, and Elizabeth would arrive at the school at 
seven o'clock, enter the room, and sit down in the front row in adjacent desks. 
This was part of Miss Stricken's fiendish plan. A less subtle tormentor would 
have placed the girls as far apart as possible to prevent them from talking to 
each other, but Miss Stricken wanted them right next to each other so that they 
would be more tempted to visit and pass notes.