Domestic Discipline

In the small provincial town of Schlossburg in Southern Germany, Elke, the beautiful young wife of Gerhard, an ambitious young man with political aspirations, makes an exhibition of herself, in the company of her mother, at the town's annual summer festival. Unaware of his wife's misconduct, Gerhard is surprised when a delegation of the town's most prominent citizens arrive at his house to take issue with his wife's behaviour and to demand that he take measures to ensure there is no repetition of them. Faced with such official disapproval from on high and with his own career at stake, Gerhard has no option but to summons his wife to appear before the delegation to explain her conduct and suffer the consequences. They are not consequences that Elke will enjoy for, there, on the spot and in front of their distinguished guests, it is to be the cane for Elke. It is not the end of Gerhard's disciplinary duties however. It will not only be Elke who must answer for her misdeeds but her mother as well! This, the newest story from Michaela Francis, is another richly detailed tale of corporal punishment and public humiliation.