Amelia is on holiday with some friends, far away, deep in the country, where they set their own rules. However, public expenditure cut backs have arrived even in this far away place. So as an economy measure, the cane has been brought back for anyone caught in an state. Amelia is in a cell waiting to be called into the magistrates' court. Instead the jailor arrives, waving a cane, and tells her that he has been ordered to give her thirty strokes of the cane, after which to throw her out. Stunned, she puts up little resistance when she is bent over a bench. Thirty hard strokes are then immedia...

Amelia is on holiday with some friends, far away, deep in the country, where they set their own rules. However, public expenditure cut backs have arrived even in this far away place. So as an economy measure, the cane has been brought back for anyone caught in an state. Amelia is in a cell waiting to be called into the magistrates' court. Instead the jailor arrives, waving a cane, and tells her that he has been ordered to give her thirty strokes of the cane, after which to throw her out. Stunned, she puts up little resistance when she is bent over a bench. Thirty hard strokes are then immediately applied to her bottom. (CA239)