The secretaries tale
by Caractacus
Giles returned to his form as usual after lunch,it was Friday afternoon and he was looking forward to the end of the day. Giles expected his form tutor, miss Jones to go through her usual routine and dismiss the class for lessons.
Miss Jones was reading from a note, she then looked at Giles and announced to the class that Giles Black was to report to miss Svenson immediately. The whole class went silent, Giles was mortified, why was he being sent to miss svenson? he knew he hadn’t done anything wrong. It was common knowledge however that miss svenson only summoned boys to her office after lunch to cane them.
Giles stood up, he heard the chair legs screech across the floor as it slid backwards. The noise broke the unnerving silence, his legs felt like jelly and he struggled to walk to the door. Giles felt the twenty pairs of eyes of his class mates follow him to the door.
As Giles started the long trudge towards miss Svensons study he felt the butterflies in his stomach increasing, he kept saying to himself “calm down, you’ve done nothing wrong it must be a mistake”. He reached the door to the study, it was a large wooden 6 panelled door made of a very old looking wood.
Giles had never been beyond that door before never mind caned, he was a fifth former and had avoided all forms of corporal punishment all his life. “fifth formers rarely received the cane so it must be a mistake” he said to himself.
He couldn’t deny though there was a certain curiosity about receiving a caning, I mean was it true that miss Svenson pulled down your trousers before caning. Giles had seen many boys returning crying and had noticed a few in the showers with neat symmetrical stripes upon their bottoms.
He knocked on the door very gingerly hoping she wouldn’t hear it. An adjacent door opened and out came miss Svensons secretary. Miss Carlisle was a new secretary, young, around twenty years old. She had a warm pretty face and was dressed very smartly . A neat white blouse, black skirt and black tights..
Miss Carlisle smiled at Giles and said miss Svenson would return soon, she ushered Giles to take a seat on the bench placed outside her study. The warm smile reassured Giles that he wasn’t in any trouble so he relaxed a little.
Miss Heather the art teacher came by and asked Giles why he was there, he started to reply when he heard miss svensons footsteps marching down the corridor. Miss Svenson was dressed in a very smart tweed suit . tailored perfectly to her ladylike figure. She was an attractive yet frightening site.
Miss Svenson glanced sideways at Giles then loudly announced” not now miss Heather I have some caning to do”. Giles heart sank as miss Svenson disappeared into her office. Giles heart was racing. he noticed an illuminated sign beside the door became lit “wait” said the sign and Giles was transfixed upon the sign.
The sign changed to green and the words “enter” were illuminated. Giles could barely stand let alone walk. When he reached for the big brass door knob the sweat on his hand almost made it slide off.
The study was larger than he imagined, he noticed large glass fronted bookcases surrounding the room. A Persian rug adorned the floor and in the middle sat a desk with miss Svenson seated behind it. Miss Svenson looked up, she was so much more attractive close up. Giles could smell a strong smell of polish , he was entranced by the bright sunrays streaming through the large study windows. He felt he was meant to be there
A thousand thoughts were running through Giles’s head, was he really going to find out what a caning was like, would it hurt?. He was confused, exited, nervous. Miss Svenson spoke calmly “it has been reported to me that you Giles black were seen spitting into the opened window of the girls toilet this lunchtime” Giles was dumbfounded, he had been playing football all lunchtime. “how do you plead” barked miss Svenson. Giles gulped he uttered the words “not guilty”
“Explain yourself” replied miss svenson. And so Giles gave a long account of his lunchtime football activities.
Miss svenson sat back and listened, then at the end of Giles account she spoke gently. “do you know, every boy sent to me for a caning has a good reason why they shouldn’t be caned” “if I believed any of you I feel discipline would break down in my school”
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Miss Svenson smiled leant into her intercom and said “bring in my cane and punishment book please miss Carlisle. Giles froze , he heard miss Carlisle enter from the rear door. Miss Svenson stood up and asked Giles to turn around. Giles turned around, there in front of him was miss Carlisle clutching a long crook handled cane, it was a pale brown colour with red tape wrapped around at 30 cm intervals. Miss Carlisle had bright red finger nail varnish on, it framed the cane beautifully. Giles could not take his eyes off of the cane, he was mesmerised , surely that couldn’t hurt much. Miss svenson ordered Giles to take three paces forward. He did as he was asked, he was now standing in the middle of the rug.
Giles had no idea what was about to happen, though he knew he would do whatever miss Svenson asked of him. “kneel on the floor she commanded. He knelt down and looked into miss Carlisle’s pretty face. Miss Carlisle gave him a little wink, as if to reassure him it was going to be alright. “lean forward and touch your head on the floor “commanded miss svenson.
Giles knelt forward, suddenly his bottom felt exposed for the entire school to see “Swish ” went the cane as it whistled through the air “Spitting is a disgusting habit young man “said miss Svenson ” six of the best”
This time the swish was closely followed by the ear splitting sound of the canes impact “arghhhh” the noise came form Giles mouth. Another swish and another longer arghhh,. The pain was incredible, he couldn’t take another and yet he was trying to stick his bottom further in the direction of miss Svenson. Swish, swish, two more strokes and Giles was now making one long arghhhh. swish the fifth stroke fell, and the a pause. “Now for the gate “bellowed miss svenson. Swish and the sixth stroke criss crossed the first five.
Giles felt he could not move, the pain was such that he remained kneeling. Miss Carlisle put her arms around Giles shoulders and eased him to his feet. He looked at miss Svenson, her face expressed a satisfaction of justice delivered “thank you miss” said Giles . Miss Svenson gently nodded and Giles turned towards the door. Although Giles bottom was on fire he felt a certain calmness coming over himself. Did he really just enjoy that caning?
At this point miss heather burst through the door “sorry miss Svenson but I have to interrupt you” miss heather looked very angry. She pointed at miss Carlisle “this women has been fabricating stories in order to get boys caned” she exclaimed, The room fell quite. Miss Svenson looked at miss Carlisle, her face turned crimson red. “well” boomed miss Svenson “have you anything to say” silence remained. “Pack up your things and leave immediately” said miss Svenson. Miss Carlisle finally spoke “Please miss Svenson I need this job.“Too late now said miss svenson “the damage is done”
“Please miss Svenson, you could cane me like you have all the boys I lied about”. Miss Svenson looked at miss Heather, she nodded her head in approval. very well said miss Svenson. She asked Giles to bring a large wooden chair into the centre of the room. He did as he was asked then stood back to enjoy the unfolding drama.
“Bend over the chair and put your hands flat on the seat” exclaimed miss Svenson. Miss Carlisle slowly walked towards the chair, elegantly she bent over the chair, she appeared to be enjoying the theatre of the event. This time miss Svenson returned to her chair, lent back and looked up at the large wooden clock. The ticking was the only sound to break the silence.
Giles looked at the clock 3.27 indicated the hands, what was the delay he thought?.Giles was standing directly behind miss Carslisle, her bottom raised high in the air, neatly caressed by a tight black skirt. This time Giles noticed a small tailored split in the skirt just displaying a hint of flesh. Miss Carlisle was wearing stockings, he scanned her clothing and could now make out the outline of her suspender straps.
Giles bottom was throbbing but his heart was racing, his mouth went dry with the anticipation of the events unfolding. they waited for what seemed an eternity . you had to admire miss Carlisle,s discipline in remaining motionless.
The bell sounded for end of school, “Please hold miss Carlisle’s hands” miss Svenson ushered to miss Heather. “Giles please open the door” . Miss Svenson took up position behind miss Carlisle and flexed her cane. She rubbed chalk on the cane then waited till the school started to stream past her office, she slipped of her shoes and took two quick steps forward, swinging the cane into miss Carlisle’s bottom.“Thwack” the noise broke the silence. miss Carlisle let out a large squeal
.All the school was soon alerted to what was happening, a crowd started to appear outside miss Svensons study. Thwack went the second stroke, miss Carlisle tried to get up but miss Heather held on firm. Thwack as the third stroke fell and the cry became louder. She now had three symmetrical white chalk lines evenly spaced across her bottom. Thwack, Thwack went the fourth and fifth stroke. You had to admire miss Svensons handiwork, she was a skilled caner.
Just as before, the sixth stroke criss crossed the previous five, making a perfect 5 bar gate. Miss Carlisle cried openly throughout the caning. Wincing loudly each time the cane landed
Miss Svenson looked up and announced to the gathering crowd congregating in the corridor that miss Carlisle would be caned at 3.30 precisely on each and every afternoon next week. “You may go” she announced to Giles, and miss heather. “Miss Carlisle, you had best stay in position till you can compose yourself”
And so as the sunlight continued to stream in through the large windows, the scene was completed. Miss svenson returned to her desk to carry on her work, miss Carlisle remained bent over for a full ten minutes before she was able to leave the study.