Once the pain subsided and the young man recovered his composure, Miss Laura went on while gently stroking the area she had just punished, “Poor babies, I know it hurts, and I’m so sorry that such nasty demonstrations are necessary even with such a good young man. But we have work to do, so enough of this coddling and let’s get on with our lesson.” With that, she stood the young man up and placed him facing the dining table about five feet in front of him, and had him resume his straddle and bend over while grasping the table edge with his hands. “And here we have Third Position, which has the disadvantage of less exposure, since you’re not bent so sharply, but the advantage of more support if more vigorous and challenging punishment or ravishment must be going on. You can see that grippin

