I assured her that on my part I could swear on anything and/or anybody that I shall not and was positive that she too would not. After getting complet...ly satisfied she finally relented and I hugged her for that.I told her that now I shall proceed further step by step to enjoy better. I asked her as to which breast of hers was operated for breast cancer. She told me, the left one. I asked her whether there was any pain now after 5 years of treatment and she said no. I asked her whether I could. She had said that she had never been in trouble before and had promised to be so good and that she would never do anything naughty again.Miss James had then told her to stop acting like a child, that she had disobeyed the rules and must accept her punishment and trusted that she would learn from it. She then said to Jayne that she should raise her right arm, put her palm out flat as Colin had done. Miss James was still not happy with the position of Jayne's hand and she had adjusted it until. "Ramrod stiff at attention, the Master Gunnery Sergeant snapped, "Yes sir, Understood, sir."And so, twenty minutes later, he walked out through the main gate resplendent in the dress uniform of the U.S. Marines: white hat, dark blue tunic with gleaming brass buttons, slightly lighter blue trousers, boots shined to the point of perfection, and a white belt with a ceremonial sword.As he did so the four 'Corporals' fell into position round him as an escort and the Colonel/Corporal said, "Sir, I. " Maxine gave the same regretful nod.Jungle Jane looked embarrassed. The Commissioner looked squashed. Chief O'Hara looked puzzled by the whole affair. The Mayor gripping a paper coffee cup in her hand crushed it in frustration. For the first time Gregg noticed Mayor Dorothea Reynolds as more than a sober suit and decided that she was worth noticing. True she must have been almost fifty but she had taken care of herself. She'd not bothered with surgery or botox but the lines that she did have.