Clearly, she was sitting in her closetlike office next door watching them 
with cine monitors. Once, Nell was sitting in Joy diligently absorbing a 
lecture about the Lend-Lease Program.
When she heard the squeaky door from Miss Stricken's office swing open behind 
her, like all the other girls she suppressed the panicky urge to look around. 
She heard Miss Stricken's heels popping up her aisle, heard the whir of the 
ruler, and then suddenly felt her knuckles explode.