[15: "my last memory of..." / free write] School let out for Christmas holidays, and Meera and Sama didn't quite know what to do with themselves. Their family made no holiday plans, and so the girls were left to themselves in the cold, rainy December. They spent a few days hanging around the house, and Meera kept herself busy with homework and some studying. The boredom started to creep in, though, when the rain wouldn't let up. --------- My last memory of -------- The train to Cambridge was perfectly on time.