He looked up and gave Raghu a thoughtful look. “No, now that you mention it. The captain said last night that we are nearly three days ahead of sche...ule. He said we’ve had good winds and so far the storms seemed to have gone around us.”Raghu nodded. “There’s a sailor on board who said he was on the ship Prue was on that that went to Kagin. Apparently, he told the others this would be a good trip because she was aboard.“Seriously?”“Yep, he said if Prue did her exercises on deck, they always had. I suppose I have.” “Well, isn’t that typical? You may be the rudest little girl I have ever met!” “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean anything,” Alice stammered, not at all sure what to make of a talking rabbit, not least a talking rabbit that was scolding her. It was only then that she realized she was standing naked, and then tried to cover herself with her arms. “Didn’t mean anything? First you chase me through the woods, then you cave in my roof, my roof, mind you, how I’ll ever deal with the rain. No ten, strikes of the cane."Her face dropped instantly and she shook her head. "I'll do a hundred spanks but please not the cane," she begged. Her eyes looked pleadingly at her sentencer but I shook my head unwavered by her pleas."Fifteen if there is any more insolence," I threatened and beckoned the young lady to my side with a wiggle of my index finger. She slowly shuffled to my side of the desk, head bowed, and I pushed my chair with the backs of my legs; she knew the rules of the spanking. There are plenty of Ministry employees, even a few high-ranking officials, who were not here during Voldemort's reign. Walter Eckerton, for example, did not live in Britain during Voldemort's reign. Yet he very successfully runs the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. “In short, I believe we need to focus on our future rather than our past. If elected minister I will make progressive changes in not only our ministry and laws, but our educational system as well..