"Strap her down," I ordered with a sigh.While Sara twisted and struggled and mouthed indecipherable words at her tormentors, I sat against the edge of...my mahogany desk and watched with a false expression of boredom. Inside, I was alight at the prospect of being alone with my tomboy again.Sara was an anomaly at our little school. Recently transferred from St. Jude's School for Girls in Piscataway, New Jersey, she was a hesitant troublemaker. Hesitant, in that she made trouble only when provoked,. Every morning, I wouldwake up first, go to the kitchen, fix breakfast and then wait for him tojoin me, in a pure, anticipating state of mind. When I would finally be inhis presence, I would kneel, keeping my eyes to the floor in respect, wishhim a good morning and then wait for a word of his. He would normally waita few seconds, during which I could feel his piercing, loving look brushmy head, then give me permission to stand and direct my eyes to him. Atender kiss would then reward my. That brings me to the day when ithappened, the day i was caught. I was realxing watchin tele in my bra and knickers when i suddenlyheard the front door slam shut, my mind raced into panick my dad was home and there i was in nothingbut womens underwear, i tried to jump up and run but it was no use as the living room is only acouple of feet from the front door so two seconds after i heard the front door shut the livingroom door swung open, i was frozen stiff as my dad stood there i seen the. The quota for married women is thirty lashes; for unmarried women, fifty lashes.Special Instructions: Women of Kandelburg receive sixty lashes, regardless of their marital status. They are then turned around to receive a further forty lashes on the front of their bodies.Crime: Looting An Abandoned HousePenalty: The woman is imprisoned for seven days and seven nights in the camp of the soldiers who caught her. On the morning of the first day she is stripped naked, stretched face-down on a table.