 He is right. I haven't given you a flogging. Oh, please, ma'am, don't do that. It ain't that I don't want to speak white. It's just that I can't. Please don't. You can if you want to. Anyway, a good flogging won't do you no harm. I'll just open this desk drawer and get out a cane. But please, please, I promise I'll try. Promise! The word is promise!