Summary

In Chapter 34, Merci must see the headmaster when she returns to school the following Monday. Lena and Hannah show up and apologize again, but Edna continues to be angry. Merci thanks Lena and Hannah for their support, then sends them to class. She feels she should ultimately bear the punishment she expects is coming. Dr. Newman greets them, asking if they had a good Thanksgiving. Edna claims Merci cut off her eyebrows intentionally. Merci again explains what happened. Dr. Newman asks why Edna thinks Merci was acting maliciously. Merci remembers Enrique's warning that she could be asked to leave the school. Miss McDaniels says it is “regrettable that two of our most charismatic students have decided that they are incompatible” (318), but then says there is something else they need to discuss first. She pulls up security camera feed showing Merci entering Ms. Tannenbaum's...