The penny began to drop but we said we did and, as we were both eighteen and not in uniform, we thought we would be okay to have one small drink.
“Maybe,” she said.
“But when you are a little boisterous afterward and asked to be quiet by a couple sitting nearby, then it is not okay.
“That couple was the deputy head governor of the school who recognized you from photographs he had been shown the previous day recommending you both for awards.
“He phoned this morning to complain and wants you both punished.”
She said she had no option other than to agree and therefore we would both receive six strokes of the cane now if we wanted to keep our positions and also receive our awards.
She would give us five minutes alone to discuss it.