Saint Katarina’s
After Rhodean, Hayley’s parents sent her to a very exclusive finishing school far up in the Swiss Alps. The school did not need to have a large number of young ladies as the level of fees meant that just a few girls from the richest families in Europe provided a very attractive return on investment. Here the girls, between 18 and 20 years old, would be taught about art appreciation, international stock markets and how to move easily in the very best circles where the very best husbands could be ensnared. It went without saying that these girls had grown up accustomed to the very best things which money can buy but that gave them one very serious disadvantage. It meant that they had no experience of the “normal” world. A girl in a state …