Antonia Forest fans

I think it's interesting that Ginty's perspective is exactly that of the reader, too, at this stage. We have no knowledge of Patrick's school life, and how he participates in it or otherwise. This is news to readers, too, and of course, this is the book where that changes, given subsequent chapters entirely from Patrick's POV in London, something we haven't had before. Both Ginty-at-school and Patrick-at-school have not been of interest to the Ginty-at-home and Patrick-at-home during the course of their relationship. And as you say, this attempt to explore and unite their home and school versions in a re-envisioning of themselves neatly foreshadows the impending doom of the relationship between those dimly imagined selves, dependent on the fragile and illicit telephone connection.