Sandy recalls to herself that, during one sewing class,
Miss Gaunt discussed her brother with
Miss Ellen and Allison Kerr, who was the minister of the parish church the three women attended—a fact which made the Kerr sisters nervous around Miss Gaunt. Meanwhile, Sandy was daydreaming about being in love with Mr. Edward Rochester, a character from the novel
Jane Eyre. She was distracted when Miss Gaunt mentioned that
Mr. Lowther was not at school that week, ill like
Miss Brodie.