When Monique exits the glamorous event for a stroll around the gardens with a well dressed gentleman, Sophronia follows, only to find Monique in the gardens at the mercy of the gentleman as well a dandy brandishing a gun.
That evening, while engaging in appropriate behaviors for young ladies of quality, Dimity and Sophronia keep a close eye on Monique, anticipating her retrieval of the prototype from whatever corner she stashed it in. Monique who will also be in attendance accompanies the girls and Pillover from the school to the Temminick residence without much in the way of grace. When the winter break rolls around, Sophronia invites Dimity to her home to attend her sister's coming out ball. Among these are the colored "sootie" called Soap, and the alarming crossdressing Vieve, niece of one of the professors, and unfortunately disposed to the habit of wearing men's clothing. Being of a naturally inquisitive nature, Sophronia soon finds herself exploring the more unsavory parts of the school such as the boiler room, and thus making a few less than choice acquaintances. There are mechanicals, robots that trundle along tracks and serve as maids and butlers, a vampire professor who is well-versed in the appropriate manner of dressing, and three female professors, whose jobs involve teaching the delicate art of ladylike behavior as well as instructing the girls on the benefits of eyelash batting, well-timed fainting and other apparent frivolities. While Monique attempts to take all the credit for Sophronia's audacious escape, Dimity and Sophronia are adjusting to attending a floating finishing academy. That girl is identified as Monique, an older student whose beauty is surpassed only by her own opinion of herself.
Once delivered to the actual school by way of a helpful werewolf, Sophronia and Dimity are informed of the true identity of the headmistress who is not, in fact, the girl with whom they had ridden in the carriage.
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