You will now receive six strokes of the cane and that will increase if you argue anymore. Now get your knickers off and raise your dress above your wa...st, bring me a cane, and then go and bend over the table so I can cane you."April was distraught but knew that if she continued to argue Miss Coe would most certainly add even more strokes. She had never been caned before and the thought of six strokes horrified her, but she conceded defeat and, lifting the hem of her dress, she eased her thumbs. "James nodded, "good. Very good," turned and left.In the saloon, Terry considered lighting the stove, but decided against, instead boiling a kettle to make coffee. He then sat down with a notebook and his coffee and started planning a maintenance programme for the vessel and a study programme for himself. He'd got so caught up in the life of a bargeman he'd lost sight of his idea of youth-work training, but thought perhaps what he was doing was right for him.October segued into November.. Is this really a coven of...pagans? And I am expected to join you? To participate in your lascivious rites?” She didn’t answer me right away. She listened intently but regarded me as one might regard some strange specimen of Nature. Was she listening to the meaning of my words or to the unspoken spirit they hid from view? “You silly witch. What are you saying? Your hypocrisy defies belief. I hear the insincerity in your voice even as you ask these questions. You don’t realize what a gift you’ve. We began with small talk and then began probing each other on just how far we were both willing to go. She wore a huge diamond ring on her finger, but that didn’t seem to be there in her mind. She broke the ice when she said, “I owe you big time for helping us out the other day and I just wanted you to know that.”I told her, “that’s ok, I really didn’t do anything that anyone else wasn’t willing to do for you.”She said, “I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate it” “Ah, no big deal” I.