Lukas is the servant boy at the master's home where he does the washing, cleaning and cooking etc. Though usually good at his job he sometimes angers the master with his poor working habits and so the master punishes him. Lukas this time is punished first with the cane on the soles of his bare feet (bastinado) and then also with a leather strap. His butt also gets to be the recipient of these instruments of punishment too. When the master is finally finished with his punishment and satisfied Lukas gets to continue the house work.