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Whops and Clobber
immediately returned into position and not a murmur
had passed her lips. When it was over and she
approached him her face was a little wan but she was
dry-eyed and had met his gaze evenly.
He watched her walking back down the
gymnasium towards the changing rooms; apart from
a certain stiffness to her gait it was impossible to tell
that she had just received twelve strokes of the cane
across her bare bottom.
Mr Humphries turned to Katie.
“Cox,” she said. “Rachel Cox.”
Prefect by prefect the Grand Master worked his
way down the line, giving them each the ‘final kiss’,
then handing them their blazers, badges and ties of
office, and the short whippy ashplants with which
they would impose their authority. Rachel, the Deputy
Red-shirt, was followed by the most senior prefects.
Claire Brooks would be the Dorm Raider, responsible
for ensuring that the facility settled down at night.
Amanda San Pierre had been selected as the Senior
Brat Draper. The two Sally’s, Poffley and Cobb, were
to act as Captains of the Blue and Red Houses
respectively. The six remaining prefects would act in a
variety of lesser, but nonetheless important,
supporting roles.
The gals took their thrashings with varying
degrees of stoicism. Rachel, Claire and Mandy were
the bravest, taking their licks without flinching. Before
coming down to the gymnasium he had looked over
the prefects’ records on the Bottoms Up Table of
Troublemakers database, known amongst the inmates
as the Big BUTT. Of the twelve new members of the
Elite only Lady Victoria and Claire had ever received