Volume 1 Whops and Clobber R Humphries - The Woody Back to ...

Whops and Clobber
admonished Deborah's behavior savagely and
informed the assembled inmates of her intention to
punish Debs extremely soundly. During the speech
Deborah was pulling sarcastic faces at the gals who
sat before her. They began to chuckle and were
immediately silenced by the Grand Dame but when
she turned suspiciously to look at her Deborah's
expression was one of stony indifference.
Ms Lawton slipped off her black doublebreasted
jacket and hung it up. She was wearing a
white silk blouse with the collar turned up at the
back. She unfastened the cuffs and neatly rolled back
her sleeves to below the elbow. Deborah watched
with stony-faced resignation. She was keenly aware
that in a matter of moments the fireworks were
scheduled to begin.
When the Grand Dame turned to collect the
long thin senior cane from the table Deborah spotted
her chum Rosemary waving crossed fingers from the
back of the hall; Deborah winked again. The inmates
chuckled behind their hands. If the Grand Dame was
aware of Deborah's performance she chose to ignore
it.
She took the long crook-handled cane from the
table and turned to face her victim. She held the long
thin cane between both hands and flexed it into an
arc.
"Bend over the horse," she instructed.
Deborah turned and faced the vaulting horse.
Due to the extra three inches that Katie had raised
the saddle Debs had to tiptoe up as she bent forward
at the waist. She reached down and gripped the legs