I found those Tim being nasty bits so intense that I didn't often read End of Term as a child - but they were certainly credible, just painfully so. Tim does have her nasty moments in Autumn Term - over Nicola's tidiness monitoring for example - so I don't think it's out of character. She has a very nasty stinging temper and a barbed verbal nastiness. I think she likes the reflected glory of Lawrie's talents - miranda says to Esther that she she does rather do the "my friend the genius" bit over Lawrie - plus the fact as others have said that she can dominate Lawrie more easily.
By Cricket Term she seems to have become a bit fed up with Lawrie and less inclined to indulge her, although they haven't exactly fallen out. And she is more keen to get on with Nicola again. It always seems to me that Tim has mellowed, and also understandably is a bit impatient with some of Lawrie's histrionics. (Lawrie can't rely on her sympathy any more, we are told - whereas in end of term she could)
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Date: 2009-10-08 09:02 pm (UTC)By Cricket Term she seems to have become a bit fed up with Lawrie and less inclined to indulge her, although they haven't exactly fallen out. And she is more keen to get on with Nicola again. It always seems to me that Tim has mellowed, and also understandably is a bit impatient with some of Lawrie's histrionics. (Lawrie can't rely on her sympathy any more, we are told - whereas in end of term she could)