Anniversary DelightsChapter 11 The Whippings Before Lunch
In the Throne Room on the 2nd April the honoured guests, the sponsors, the spectators, and the contestants were again seated as they had been on the previous day. A third dais held a whipping bench and a bastinado rack. Screens were placed round the contestants' dais again, so that they could not watch the proceedings, though of course they would hear everything. The Emir opened the proceedings by reminding the audience of the three choices available to the contestants of the eunuchs whip,...