Chapter Ten
That afternoon the whole unit was summoned to Hall, to witness a public flogging. It was the ginger girl, Mariette.
Jenny eyed her curiously as she was brought in, wrapped in a blanket: In trouble from the start, as bad as Jenny, and now this. What had she done now? There was no clue in Mariette’s demeanour as she stood on the stage; she was expressionless as ever. She remained so when the blanket was removed and she faced them in the nude.
The reason given for the flogging was vague: refusal to accept the disciplinary environment of the unit. Mariette was apparently calm while the Governor made a preliminary speech, with everyone standing to attention.
Jenny went on eyeing her, then wondered about the way she was looking. Since the only other public flogging she’d attende
