After a moment, Miss Barker gave both girls their orders. Of course, in 1961 corporal punishment was not thought odd or wrong, even when applied to older girls. XXX After just a moment of the murmuring of voices, the teacher re-emerged and instructed the now tearful and fearful schoolgirl to go in. Miss Sterling locked her study door, and stood in front of her desk chair. Miss Barker was in her early 30s, a fit and sporty woman whose lean figure was the result of frequent exercise; she had fairly short black hair cut in not quite the latest fashion, and the outline of her breasts and the bra encasing them could be seen against her green woollen jumper. She was without doubt the prettiest girl in the Fifth Form, with dark hair platted into pigtails, large brown eyes in a cute and deceptively-innocent pixie face, and rosebud lips. The head of the school had only been appointed two years before, and was an assured and assertive
