Other characters include Alison O'Sullivan (the twins' cousin who always worships the wrong people), Sadie Green (Alison's spoilt American friend who always thought about her looks and the cinema), Carlotta Brown (an ex-circus girl), Kitty Flaherty (who brings her pet goat, McGinty, to the school),
French sisters Claudine and Antoinette, Felicity Ray (a musical genius), Winifred James (the head girl when Pat and Isabel were in the first form), Belinda Towers (the games captain when Pat and Isabel were in the first form), Tessie (the head girl of the second form), Margery Fenworthy (who got expelled from six schools but made a fresh start at St. Clare's), Lucy Oriell (an excellent artist), Erica (a spiteful girl who played nasty tricks on Pat), Priscilla Parsons (a sixth former who is expelled) and Joan Terry (who was bullied by Priscilla). The teachers are: • Miss Roberts (the first-form teacher) • Miss Jenks (the second-form teacher) • Miss Adams (the third-form teacher) • Miss Ellis (the fourth-form teacher) • Miss Cornwallis (the fifth-form teacher) • Miss Harry (the sixth-form teacher) • Miss Kennedy (a substitute teacher who took over as history teacher for a term in
The Twins at St. Clare's) • Miss Lewis (the usual history teacher who was ill for a term) • Miss Wilton (the games teacher) • Miss Quentin (a drama teacher) • Miss Willcox (the pretentious temporary English teacher) • Miss Walker (an art teacher) •
Mam'zelle (the French mistress and the aunt of Claudine and Antoinette) • Miss Theobald (the headmistress, who also coaches students in maths) == Bibliography ==