"Right girls – toilet, wash, strip, discipline and bed. Form two queues as you are directed. Fisher left, Bradley right, Taylor right, Kaul right, Montford left, Hill left ,Peters right, Douglas left," they were instructed.
Daisy took her place at the back of the 4 person queue her hands still firmly clamped to the top of her head.
"Right first pair your two minutes maximum starts now." With this Fisher and Bradley opened the half height stall doors and sat on the two toilets – as they did so the supervisors walked up and down to ensure they were behaving and drive home the humiliation of the lack of privacy for even this most basic activity. Daisy and the rest of the inmates stood silently awaiting their turn. As the time passed first Fisher and then Bradley finished their ablutions and flushed the toilets before emerging and being directed to the single sink against the same wall.
"Right next pair," came the command. Taylor and Montford moved into the cubicles and both promptly emerged before their time was up. Like Daisy they had seen that anyone taking longer than their allocated time was severely dealt with by Miss Davis. Typically the punishee would be given the pinafore, tie and cardigan uniform, corporal punishment in front of the whole institution, two weeks having to toilet on a bucket in front of their fellow dormitory offenders and limitation to this of once per day. In addition they had to wear a sign around their necks for the full period saying, "I deserve to be potty trained because I am an immature and ill-disciplined little girl".
Taylor and Montford moved to form a single file queue at the sink.
"Right Kaul and Hill, let me check OK you weren't toileted this morning, begin," commanded the supervisor. Daisy stood hands on head looking at the closed door where Melanie Hill was now taking her daily opportunity to go to the toilet – a regime which Daisy would inhabit for the next eight weeks. Melanie Hill was the last to emerge joining the queue behind Kaul at the sink.
"Peters and Douglas both used their privilege this morning so Peters you may go and wash your hands and face; Douglas back to the end of the bed as no hygiene privileges as part of you punishment," orders continued. When they were all back at the ends of their beds the next round of orders was begun.
"Remove your uniform, fold each item and stand to attention after you have done this and await permission to continue until you are stripped to your knickers or other state if you have misbehaved. Douglas obviously full uniform to remain for you," commanded Mrs. Saqib.
She could see the shocked look on the faces of the others as the scale of Daisy's punishment was being revealed with each round of commands.
Over the next few minutes the command, "Next item" was repeated and the girls were slowly stripped of their humiliating uniforms. At each round the supervisors walked up and down checking for any failures of uniform such as undone buttons or not straight seams as each layer was revealed. The procedure was so well engrained that each girl stripped in the same basic order. First command shoes removed, second command top layer be that a sweatshirt or cardigan, next command next layer be that another cardigan, waistcoat, pinafore dress or gingham dress, then ties, then shirts and finally socks so that each punishee was left naked stood to attention except for their knickers and their uniform neatly folded on the floor. Only Marianne Peters and Daisy remained clothed each stood still in their full punishment uniforms.
"Right girls – firstly mouth washing. We now have two naughty little girls who require their mouths to be washed every night so that they learn not to speak without permission and to speak respectfully when doing so. Peters come here," Mrs. Saqib completed her statement and Marianne moved to the middle of the dormitory where she could be seen by all of the inmates.
"Hands on head, mouth open." Peters obeyed and the supervisor proceeded to wash her mouth with a stiff brush and a thick lather of carbolic soap. "Close your mouth and swallow girl." Peters obeyed immediately, her face screwing up with the disgusting taste and the thought that as she knew from all the previous nights it would remain all night.
"Douglas here." Daisy moved to the designated place her hands still firmly on her head.
"As you will hear tomorrow in front of the whole institution this stupid little girl has been very poorly behaved and as you can see already from her uniform she is as deserved to be thoroughly punished including the pleasure of having her mouth washed out with carbolic soap after every meal and every evening before bed for the next eight weeks," Mrs. Saqib paused while she rubbed the brush vigorously into the wet bar of carbolic soap before beginning the punishment.
"Open your mouth you insolent child." Daisy obeyed knowing that to resist would only mean even worse sanctions. Mrs. Saqib rigorously brushed Daisy's teeth, mouth and tongue frequently applying further soap so that after about two minutes foam was running from Daisy's mouth. She could taste the soap and feel it coming up her nose. Finally the scrubbing ceased.
"Close your mouth and swallow girl," Mrs. Saqib ordered. Daisy closed her eyes as she gulped almost gagging on the soap in her mouth and throat. "I hope you enjoyed that experience since you've earned yourself the same experience three times a day for the next eight weeks."
"Corporal punishment – tonight we have a single offender requiring disciplining which again is Douglas," began the other supervisor Miss Campbell. "Five strokes of the tawse to the palm and back of each hand. Get your left hand up girl." Daisy did as directed and raised her hand outstretched supporting her arm at the elbow with her other hand.
"This is the first time we have had to administer a beating on this dormitory to you so I want you to understand my expectations. After each stroke I want to hear, "one stroke, thank-you Maam I deserve this tawsing please continue my beating until I have been taught my lesson," I do not want to hear excessive crying or screaming and do not attempt to remove your hand, any failure to comply will earn additional strokes and referral back for further additional punishments. Is that clear girl!" Miss Campbell completed.
"Yes Maam," Daisy replied her voice wavering as she tried to control her fear of the strapping she was about to receive.
