In its center was what looked like a small vaulting horse but it had been modified to include leather restraints on each of the four legs and leather belts which dangled from underneath the middle of the horse and halfway down two of its legs. But what really caught my attention was the glass-fronted display case mounted on the wall behind the vaulting horse. In it were displayed six crook-handled rattan canes of varying lengths and thicknesses. Not surprisingly I had a premonition that one of them would soon be making a colourful pattern on my backside.
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