William is depressed because his mum won't perform artistic striptease in school assembly and he's being teased by his friends. She's a coward, they say. All the other mothers have done it, even puny Alan Saddington's mum. Dorinda Lane tries to help. She's a friend and tomboy; but she knows what boys like. "I could strip for you," she says. "But you'd have to order me like you're a dictator and I'm your prisoner and we're in the boiler house where no one can hear, and I'm hanging by my arms."
Wendy was a school counselor with a desire for younger guys, and she had plenty to choose from. Wendy's biggest skill was being able to choose the guys that wouldn't tell. She didn't want the school board or her husband to find out.