`` What do you think about it , Gilbert ? '' demanded Jane . `` Do n't you think there are some children who really need a whipping now and then ? '' `` Do n't you think it 's a cruel , barbarous thing to whip a child ... ANY child ? '' exclaimed Anne , her face flushing with earnestness . `` Well , '' said Gilbert slowly , torn between his real convictions and his wish to measure up to Anne 's ideal , `` there 's something to be said on both sides . I do n't believe in whipping children MUCH . I think , as you say , Anne , that there are better ways of managing as a rule , and that corporal punishment should be a last resort . But on the other hand , as Jane says , I believe there is an occasional child who ca n't be influenced in any other way and who , in short , needs a whipping and would be improved by it . Corporal punishment as a last resort is to be my rule . '' Gilbert , having tried to please both sides , succeeded , as is usual and eminently right , in pleasing neither . Jane tossed her head . `` I 'll whip my pupils when they 're naughty . It 's the shortest and easiest way of convincing them . '' Anne gave Gilbert a disappointed glance . `` I shall never whip a child , '' she repeated firmly . `` I feel sure it is n't either right or necessary . '' `` Suppose a boy sauced you back when you told him to do something ? '' said Jane . `` I 'd keep him in after school and talk kindly and firmly to him , '' said Anne .
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