<strong>Hugh, Baron Covington</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/03/Geraint_Baron_Hugh_Covington_Av.jpg)</div>The Baron is not entirely sure that Lucy knows just what she has agreed to, nor even how seriously she is taking her situation.  In fact she seems somewhat impatient, which makes him somewhat less inclined to mercy than he would normally be with an attractive young woman, especially when his last condition seems to give her pause.  So he provides her some needed perspective for her personal situation … which definitely gets her attention.<br/><br/><em>"But,"</em><br/><br/>The single word is accompanied by a sharp intake of breath followed by defiance.<br/><br/><em>"I shall not,"</em><br/><br/>Certainly he appreciates the young woman's courage, if not her attitude.  But he will allow her to make her own bed, so to speak.  So his only answer to her words is a somewhat raised eyebrow, which hopefully encourages her to consider her options.<br/><br/><em>"Okay, fine,"</em><br/><br/>He had rather thought that she would be sensible about it, but one can never tell.  So he is pleased when she compliantly lays herself over his knees, acceding to her punishment.  Without giving her the opportunity, the Baron quickly lifts her skirt and petticoat over her back, then pushes down her knickers to reveal her bare, and quite shapely arse.  He immediately proceeds to deliver several sharp stinging blows with the flat of his hand, evenly spaced across her arse cheeks.<br/><br/>Given that his own palm is stinging and her arse is starting to redden, he then rests his hand on her arse, idly rubbing the sting out of it on her buttocks, before administering another sharp set of similar blows.<br/><br/>This time, as he rests his palm and idly rubs, he inquires of her.<br/><br/>"Are you yet inclined to contrition for your acts, my haughty young maid, or do you require further suasion for that?"<br/><br/>She does have a very nice arse, and it is prettily reddened now.<br/>