September 2017

Caspar started A'levels at Old Swinford Hospital this month. A chip off the old block, Caspar is taking exactly the same subjects as Simon. He is relieved to never have to do French and Latin again. Those subjects plagued him through his Austrian 'gymnasium' schooling where students are required to pass every subject in order to graduate to the next year. Too many summers were spent revising for retakes at the start of term, under the threat of being thrown out of the school. He'll be boarding, home in the holidays. Elizabeth wants to know if she can have his bedroom.