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24<br />

Bend Over the Horse!<br />

<strong>The</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Dame held the door for Deborah<br />

<strong>and</strong> they entered the Assembly Hall. <strong>The</strong>re was a<br />

grinding of seats as the inmates rose <strong>to</strong> acknowledge<br />

the arrival of the Gr<strong>and</strong> Dame. Deborah stepped up<br />

on<strong>to</strong> the stage <strong>and</strong> s<strong>to</strong>od beside the vaulting horse.<br />

She clasped her h<strong>and</strong>s in front of her <strong>and</strong> gazed out<br />

over the assembled congregation. <strong>The</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong> Dame<br />

ordered the inmates <strong>to</strong> take their seats <strong>and</strong><br />

unhurriedly she asked Penelope Ann Evans <strong>to</strong> step<br />

on<strong>to</strong> the stage <strong>and</strong> call registration.<br />

As she passed by Deborah, Penelope Ann<br />

threw her a sympathetic glance; Debs winked. <strong>The</strong><br />

Red-shirt called registration efficiently <strong>and</strong> when she<br />

called Deborah's name the gal on the stage turned <strong>to</strong><br />

face her <strong>and</strong> replied in a voice filled with irony, "Yes,<br />

Evans, I'm here."<br />

Even the Gr<strong>and</strong> Dame grinned at that.<br />

Finally the Red-shirt returned <strong>to</strong> her place by<br />

the wall <strong>and</strong> the Gr<strong>and</strong> Dame s<strong>to</strong>od up. She moved <strong>to</strong><br />

the front of the stage <strong>and</strong> addressed the inmates. She

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