WESTEL ENGLISH DISCIPLINE THE PUNISHMENT They plead with the officer to overlook the error. He proposes one method of dealing with the problem. If they are willing to take some old-fashioned English discipline from him, he will give them a clean bill of health. They have no alternative and quickly bare their bottoms to him! He goes through a full repertoire of punishment before he pulls out the cane. The way the red welts form on their silky bottoms allows us to see that he is an expert with the implement!