" She looked at me with a predatory grin. She wanted something else. "The State Forensics Meet is the weekend before Memorial Day. I'll give you the p...rt of the Stage Manager in Act III if you'll agree to compete in poetry at the meet. You could even do more poems by 'Nat Hart' if you want. Just not the same poems. You know now what they'll put you through. Agreed?" What did I get myself into?"Agreed."At least on Saturday we didn't have to travel and we were playing the second game in the. Sally had high-powered zoom binoculars that had a built in digital camera. So on Wednesday, during my work review, she showed me pictures of me sleeping. That was automatic twenty demerits, and with the ten demerits I had already accumulated, I had thirty demerits. I was handed a sheet to sign acknowledging my thirty demerits and that I agreed to the punishment. Sally also told me that if I didn't accept the punishment, I would need to leave the ranch by Thursday evening and I would receive. Turns out, Dr. Conners does come from a monied family. Chocolate. Not something I’d normally associate with wealth, but look at Hershey. Mars.In any case, the good doctor can afford to pick and choose her clients. Can afford an unconventional practice. I’m glad she accepted Mindy Montgomery, back when the young girl was coming off a stay with the cult that couldn’t shoot straight.And I’m glad she accepted Walker and Pilar after their traumatic encounter with Greta Gunther.Finally, I’m thankful. I suppose I might," he replied, "But not if I only have a subdued concubine. Such women get no favours from me." Oh, Master," she gushed, "I'll do anything to keep them. You can beat me every day if you want."Deciding to test this offer he said, "Even the bastinado? Every day?"Anisah paled at the thought of what was reputed to be the most painful of punishments, then turning to the attendant eunuch, she said, "The Master needs the bastinado frame in here and a rattan cane."The eunuch did not.