Soon after they ordered her back above the water where rope tying was done to her arms and hands. When such was done, a longer rope was produced and t...rown to sling around a sturdy branch stretching over the rather quick moving stream of water, its foundations a tree. Using the branch to support and leverage Becky, they pushed her over the side, unexpectedly because all Becky was doing was asking what they were doing in the most annoying manner possible. She was suspended above the whipping. "You can get dressed up for Bill. He's a hunk." Nope," Beth said with all the authority of a fourteen year old. "He is big enough to be two hunks."Susan found the scarf she was looking for in the wrong drawer and started tying it as she looked at her daughters in the mirror."Do you girls know what happened at the court house yesterday?" Susan asked in all seriousness."Do you mean besides tackling a new boy friend?" Mandy asked grinning.Susan was still serious when she said, "That summons I had. I stayed with that firm for nearly a year until a neighbour told me he'd been hired to run the southwest branch of a Manchester emergency handyman firm. I would be self-employed but he would give me my jobs and handle the billing.George, the pig taught me to be a very good plumber and Bill, the neighbour taught me a lot of other useful tricks. The first lesson was appearance. "You are five-feet-four and a woman," he said. "You have to establish your bona fides at a glance. The client is. Alf thought he was about to shit himself as this apparition spoke in the clear voice of a little girl."I am Mistress Sarah, and weevils like you should kneel when I enter a room. Down!"Alf was on his knees before he realised that he was actually obeying.Getting his mind into gear he said, "Hey. I didn't come here to be whipped. I do the whipping; that's what this place is all about."The whip cracked dangerously close to his head again and the chilling reply was, "Jacqui's Place will give a.