Stephanie and her husband, Ian, have been back to a reunion at her old school. When they get home, she remarks that the last time she was in the headmaster's study, it was for a beating. Intrigued, Ian her to say why she had been caned. It turns out that she was guilty of what the school deemed gross sexual misconduct! So he makes her describe how Mr Roberts, the then headmaster, gave her twelve veritable strokes of the cane. (CA197)