HARDEST. The Master knows Pavel should be able to take more at this point in his training. To spur him along, he offers the sub double the salary if he will take double the punishment. Pavel seals his own fate with his acceptance. In the Red Room, he is barely shackled before excruciating strokes of the belt, brush, reformatory strap, tawse, Texas prison strap and cane rain down on his defenseless body. The Master revels in Pavel’s struggles but the sub has learned a most valuable lesson about himself.