I made the mistake though of swishing it against my left hand where it landed with quite a crack that echoed through the corridor and left me wincing with an almighty sting in my palm and fingers.
Stupid or what? I handed the slipper to Miss Roberts and I wondered if there was a slight smirk on her face suggesting she might have heard me testing my hand in the corridor.
The first culprit was soon over the front desk,
head facing the wall and bottom facing the class with Mary forced to watch no doubt with the goosebumps and almost uncontrollable fear we all had when facing an imminent spanking from Miss Roberts.
Having to watch while a co-defendant received her punishment first did not help at all.
You weren’t supposed to watch but quite frankly it was impossible not to. . By the third stroke, the girl was expressing her dissatisfaction more loudly.
Her attempt to stand up and clutch her bottom after the fourth met with the dire warning of having to start again if she repeated her disobedience.
At the end she limped back to her desk in considerable disarray, crying quietly but openly.