Professor Anderson

In the novel Cat Among the Pigeons, Professor Anderson is the father of Meroe, a pupil at Meadowbank. He called the school to ask if he could take his daughter out on the first weekend after the opening of term. He knew this was against the rules but he suddenly had to depart for Azerbaijan shortly thereafter. Miss Bulstrode allowed the request as she recognised that this was an exceptional situation. This event led Miss Bulstrode to conclude that Miss Chadwick lacked experience as she had not been able to handle the request on her own.