He’s Got the Look

My ears pricked wandering past a gaggle of gossipers in the office first thing this morning, as one of the ladies commented, “He kept giving me that Headmaster look all day. You know?”

No, I don’t: care to enlighten me? Is that the “I’ve seen what you’re doing” look? The “I’ll deal with you later” look? The “I understand I’ll be seeing you in my office at lunchtime”, or the “Ah, there you are”?

The “Feigned surprise at the severity of your misdeeds”, the “I’m disappointed in you”, the “You’d better not argue with me?” Or the “I’m now going to hurt you” or the “I wonder how you’re going to take this?” or the “Averting my eyes, up to a point” as the girl adjusts her uniform for punishment?

Perhaps it was the unseen look: from behind, the girl bent over, feeling his eyes on her. The concentration as he measured the cane, the smile of satisfaction at the quality of his ever-so-precise handiwork?

Or the “I wonder if that got through to her”, the “I know you’re not really a bad girl” – and the genuine, re-assuring “I hope this is our last such encounter” combined with the “Intrigued as to whether you will ever be back for more”.

Perhaps I should go over and ask her for clarification?

10 thoughts on “He’s Got the Look

  • 15 November, 2006 at 5:41 pm
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    I think you should ask for clarification tomorrow and report back… :)

    My money is on it being the ‘I’ve seen what you’re doing’ look, not my all time favourite Headmaster look but one with sooooooo much development potential!

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  • 15 November, 2006 at 8:25 pm
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    Abel: With the ‘Broiled Beef’ episode over at the Punishment Book fresh in my mind, my vote would have to go to the ‘I know what you’ve done and if you don’t confess by the end of the day, it is going to be SO much worse…’ look!

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  • 16 November, 2006 at 8:08 am
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    I have to agree: the “I know what you’ve done” look has got to be the scariest!

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  • 16 November, 2006 at 8:56 am
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    Haron: There are probably hundreds of people (that haven’t yet delurked)out there with a busy day ahead, and important things to do. Yet it all pales into insignificance as we await the outcome of Abel’s further research into the minds of his fellow office workers on this oh so important topic. (I know the wondering got me through another suzuki violin school recital earlier.) He hasn’t gone off on a plane again has he keeping us all waiting…?

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  • 16 November, 2006 at 2:19 pm
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    I think you shouldn’t ask for any clarifications. The truth might (and surely will) not be the one we all want. Better keep on dreaming with your post on our minds… 😉

    Hugz!

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  • 18 November, 2006 at 12:49 am
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    Kayley: I suspect you are right…so..let’s make something up…pure speculation of course…There is a young lady who comes to stay with Haron and Abel this weekend, a young slip of a thing, another goody-two-shoes(bet that’s a new expression for ya). She wants to make a good impression, and is behaving beautifully. Until, dinner is served, she has a glass of wine, or two, and her standards of etiquette unexpectedly slip just a bit…. Abel, relishing the opportunity gives her the disapproving schooomaster look. He does after all have a brand new etiquette rule book for young ladies. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear… a mandatory examination of her understanding of the required conduct of a young lady…..
    Do I hear the swish of the Malacca…….?

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  • 18 November, 2006 at 11:25 am
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    Our weekend guest this weekend behaved impeccably last night. She was caught up to no good by a prefect this morning, however, and both she and Haron felt a wake-up rattan. LOL your little flight of fancy is remarkably accurate, though! And there’s a test due later for both of them, albeit not on etiquette…

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  • 18 November, 2006 at 2:15 pm
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    Abel (aka Head Prefect/Sir): I’m sure that any lessons you teach them today will leave a strong impression on them. Aren’t they fortunate to have such a dedicated educator!

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  • 19 November, 2006 at 6:17 pm
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    I love all of the musings on this topic. I work in a school and all of these things cross my mind during the day…and I have to agree that the “I know what you have done look…w/ promises of punishment” are the best…

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  • 20 November, 2006 at 4:02 am
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    Ha! Wish you would’ve asked for more explanation, but maybe we don’t want to know the unexciting truth of another’s life. 😉

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