Shirley Henderson credited as playing...
Matron
- Matron: [the Matron opens up the door to the girls' room] Welcome back, girls.
- Poppy: [realising help is there to wash her clothes] Oh, good, staff! How quickly can you get all this stuff cleaned?
- Matron: [realising who she is] Is she...?
- Josie: [nodding] Mm-hm. American.
- Matron: [realising about the Americans once at the school] Oh, yes. We had one of those in 1997.
- [looking at Poppy]
- Matron: Not good.
- [Poppy whines about her clothes]
- Matron: [to the girls] Accustom her to my rules
- [noticing Poppy in her casual clothes]
- Matron: and she should be in the correct uniform for a start!
- [collecting the mobile phones]
- Matron: Mobile phones, please, girls!
- [Kiki, Drippy, Kate and Josie put in their phones, unaware they are decoys and don't work]
- Matron: Thank you Kiki, thank you Josie. Thank you Kate!
- Poppy: [the Matron proceeds in confiscating the phones and takes both of Poppy's phones] Whoa! Hands off, mama! I said, "Hands OFF!"
- [speaking Spanish]
- Poppy: Hablas Espanol?
- [Poppy attempts to speak Italian]
- Poppy: Posito Italiano?
- Matron: [offended] I am Scottish, not remedial!
- Poppy: [glad the Matron understood her] Good, then you understand!
- [Poppy dumps her wet clothes into the phone confiscation tray]
- Poppy: Line dry, press, no starch, and no creases!
- Matron: [really shocked and appalled at Poppy's behaviour] How dare you! No mufti for a week!
- [walking away]
- Poppy: [doesn't know what she meant] Fine! Mufti may be your thing, lady, but it sure ain't mine!
- Kiki: [correcting Poppy] She means no home clothes for a week!
- Poppy: [scoffing] Like I give a shit!
- [Matron gasps]
- Poppy: I'll be gone by then!
- Matron: [shocked by Poppy's language] LANGUAGE!
- [turning to the girls]
- Matron: Two Sundays detention. For the whole dorm!
- [the girls groan]
- Poppy: [to the girls] Look, I'll deal with this.
- [to Matron]
- Poppy: Look, hey! Hey!
- [Matron grunts "Huh"?]
- Poppy: [Poppy shows the Matron a green money note] Here's a Ben Franklin. Why don't you go out and buy yourself...
- [looking at the Matron's clothes]
- Poppy: well, anything!
- [drops the money into the phone tray]
- Poppy: Whatever you get will be a *serious* improvement!
- Matron: [to the girls] *Three* Sundays!
- [turning to them]
- Matron: For everyone!
- [the girls groan loudly, as the Matron leaves, and turn to Poppy angry]
- Josie: Thanks a lot for that! You utter moron!
- Drippy: What are you, mental?
- Poppy: What? She was a grade-1 a-hole with a *severe* attitudinal problem!
- Kate: [had enough with Poppy's nonsense] The bell's going in a minute. Just put your uniform on!
- [Poppy scoffs. The bell suddenly rings]
- Kate, Drippy, Kiki, Josie: [in unison, yelling at Poppy] NOW!
- Matron: [to the girls, coming in with Poppy's uniform] Bedtime, girls.
- Josie: [to the Matron] Night!
- Matron: [to Poppy, holding her proper uniform] The *correct* school uniform!
- [dumps the uniform near her bed]
- Matron: Wear it!
- [snaps her fingers]
- Matron: Bed!
- [Poppy pokes her tongue at the Matron as she walks away, and she starts yelling]
- Matron: POPPY MOORE, BED! NOW!
- Matron: [as Poppy is on the roof, trying to find the exit, the Matron is trying to get the girls out of the school] Come on, girls! Hurry up! What if there was a *real* fire? We'd all be burned to a crisp!