One Friday afternoon two boys in my form were called to the headmaster to be caned for fighting. They got I think three on each hand. One of them returned as per normal but the other on sitting down started wringing his hands and groaning loudly. This continued for the rest of the lesson to the embarrassment of everyone present. The teacher decided to ignore it and did his best to continue as normal.
I don’t know why the boy reacted like this. He was quite an experienced canee and beyond the age at which tears might be expected. He possibly felt that the punishment was unjust and as a result lost his self-control.