Then she came out with a tear-stained face. She stood against the wall hands on head and nose to wall as a junior prefect came out to stand over us to make sure there was no talking.
I recognized the girl as Anne, a girl I had reported last year for smoking and as a result, she got six strokes from the deputy headmistress.
The second girl was called in, a second year I did not recognize
We then heard her receive six strokes of the slipper and she came out without skirt and crying and stood hands on head nose to wall.
I was then shocked to hear my name called out.
I entered the room and saw the deputy headmistress and all the prefects.