But Violet didn't attend her interview and Step-Daddy was furious when he found out. The frightened girl was made to kneel up on the settee for a severe dose of Step-Daddy's slipper, first on her pyjamas then on her bare bottom. Violet's final humiliation came when she was ordered to stand up straight and bend right over for the final part of her slippering, after which she was soon lying on her tummy and sobbing herself to rest.