headmistress• She clasped her hands in a prayerful attitude, the gesture of a headmistress or a nundismissing a mischief-maker.• But headmistress Helen Williams won't be reaching for the champagne glasses or festivebunting.• The letter from the headmistress and governors of the primary school shockedScarlet.• She herself hardly knew the headmistress, but Margarett, in time, came to know her very well.• If you accept her at Lowood school, please make sure that the headmistress and teachers know how dishonest she is.• Yet the headmistress believes it's a poor way to judge quality.• The managers carefully channelledresentment towards the countycouncil, who, they suggested, were in league with their headmistress.