"So what if she'd fibbed a little about her pencil case? Didn't we all dream from time to time about one guardian or other bending the rules and doing something special for us? A spontaneous hug, a secret letter, a gift?" (pg. 60)
Ishiguro has used rhetorical questions many times throughout the book so far. These definitely help give the novel a personal touch by bringing the reader into the story to experience what Kathy is experiencing. Kathy was furious at Ruth, but she comes to understand how her friend feels. As Kathy noted in the beginning, she's a good carer because of how understanding she is, and this is just another example of that personality trait.
Another important part of this chapter was the secret guard and the plot to kidnap Miss Geraldine. When I was a kid, I used to play spies with my friends, and we would basically do all the things Ruth, Kathy, and the rest of the group did to try to expose the would-be kidnappers. They just seem like regular girls, but something about Hailsham is just a bit off, and I want to know why these girls were put here. I have a hunch that this plot to kidnap Miss Geraldine might have some truth to it. At first, I just thought it was the girls' imaginations, and maybe Ruth was making up about all "the stuff from before," but I wouldn't be surprised if someone really did plan to kidnap her.
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