Fear And Trepidation In Manning Summary

The Chief Officer was pleased to see the fear and trepidation in Manning as he awaited his punishment, this showed that the prisoner realised that he was in serious trouble and facing some monumental pain. The Chief Officer of HMP Highbury is not the kind of hard man to shirk his Duty and he knew that he had to flog the prisoner to within an inch of his life, otherwise the prisoner will become a constant source of aggravation to the staff and be taking up a lot of the Chief Officer's time in the Punishment Cell. The prisoner was clearly very apprehensive as the Chief Officer secured him to the Flogging Horse and probably had a huge knot of fear in his stomach at what was in store for him, his nervousness and fear probably mounted as the
Manning did indeed haver a knot of fear tight around his stomach and his voice was wavering as the Chief Officer secured him to the Flogging Horse. Manning's whole body trembled when the Chief Officer began to tap his buttocks with the Sjambok, as Manning remembered just how painful these floggings come from him, but this probably did not prepare the prisoner fully for the absolute and utter shock and awe that the first stroke delivered to his backside. By the end of the first dozen, the vast majority of the prisoners entire backside was sporting the Sjambok's painful stripes and it was clear that his entire body was wracked with pain. As the flogging progressed it soon became clear that the message was travelling from the prisoner's backside to his brain with every stroke the Chief Officer laid on - the Chief Officer was pleased to see this as it proved that the prisoner's flogging was having the desired effect on him. When the cold, heavy Sjambok initially tapped Manning's backside, he did indeed flinch and jump. The Sjambok felt so menacing as the Chief Officer tapped it against Manning's