The boy he is told he will receive 12 strokes and is instructed to remain over the sofa. The boy cries out as the stokes land on his bare bottom but he is obedient and remains where he has been told to.

Then Madame takes the stingy thin cane and gives the boy his instructions before administering multiple stokes, reminding the boy to keep his bottom up and out. When the boy fails to do as Madame has told him she it makes her even angrier and she continues to cane his bottom as he sobs.