Five Have a Wonderful Time part 2
and
Cunningham and Petrov: The Mystery of the Missing Agent chapter 10
During their quarantine time the twins could not go out to tea, and could have no one in to play with them, so they felt rather dull.
At the beginning of Summer Term at St Clare’s the twins have to quarantine as they’ve been playing tennis with Winnie who has come down with the mumps. There was no trace and protect then, but Winnie’s mother phoned Katie’s mother and Katie’s mother called the twins’ mother.
Dull is just one of many words I could use for quarantine!