Mrs Hamilton explained that I had voluntarily come forward – due, she noted, to my dad’s excellent advice. She also explained the school rule regarding the official minimum four-stroke penalty for my being out of bounds.
Mrs Hamilton went on to say she had reduced my punishment to a spanking because she could see that caning me would serve no useful purpose (in other words, she could see I was shit scared!) It would mean an entry in the school punishment book, which would blacken my otherwise excellent behaviour record. She had requested my parents to take no further action against me, as she believed I had been punished sufficiently.
Interestingly, Mrs Hamilton said that I had taken my spanking bravely. I’m not sure I would agree – I blubbed like a baby from the first to the last smack! And with good reason, in my opinion – that woman spanked me soundly!