She then took out a report sent by my old school and sat there reading it. When she had finished, she put it down and said: “I can see you work hard and do well. I also see that your behaviour was exemplary. May it continue as I should not like to see you in here. Do you understand, Jane?”
I was not entirely sure but nodded.
“I do not expect to see your name in my punishment book,” she added, just to make sure I knew.
I blushed deeply at this. I had never had lines or detentions and never any form of corporal punishment. I reached the conclusion that her punishment book would only be for canings, so she had made a fairly clear indication that she used the cane.