” Georgina made a cross, “Hhmm,” sound before looking at Lucy and asking, “What went wrong with you?” Lucy didn’t want to admit she was th...nking about the cane lines on Rebecca’s bottom but almost giggled at the thought that if Georgina was the Headmistress then maybe she was the one who caned Rebecca. “Why the smirk?” Georgina demanded to know. Lucy had not realised she was smirking and had not intended to. “Erm sorry, Georgina,” she said quickly. “Well I am disappointed with both of you and. Of all of the people that could be calling me, I would not have guessed it would be the neighbor that just the day before I had been gaping at from my window! I agreed, hung up the phone and ran downstairs and across the back yards. In my own mind I was going to make amends for being such a pervert the day before by helping her out. I knocked on the door and when I heard her call come in; I opened the door and stepped into the cool darkened interior. When I was younger, Eddie and I had just. .. um..."and then he stopped. It seemed like forever before he spoke up again,but I guess it was only a few seconds. Then "from this day forward,till death do you part?"Robert was feeling weird too, we all were, and he could tell I wasn'tfeeling well too. He told me later that I looked like I was about topass out, and the bridesmaids didn't look much healthier. He whisperedto me, "Do you feel okay? Should we find a doctor now and finish thislater?" I'm okay," I whispered back. "Let's get. That will be reward enough, believe me!" Bleed?" asked Penny, rather apprehensively."Purely figurative! Don't fret!"Purely figurative it was for the first few weeks. Penny became ever more skilled in all the moves involved in the sport of kickboxing, but never once did her fist land on that ever moving and ever unhittable face, and, by God, she tried hard enough! Some days she thought she was becoming sharper, and almost hitting the laughing face in front of her, but never did she lay a glove.