Will you try to find out why they were paddled, or concentrate on Julia?

Concentrate on your date, Julia

In time, conversation moves to other matters and the students' public spanking is put to one side, if not forgotten.

When Amy arrives to clear away your empty plates, you decide against dessert and order coffee instead, before turning your full attention back to the woman sharing your table. Whilst she's not exactly flirting with you, she seems very open and receptive, laughing at your poor jokes and barely-amusing anecdotes. She expresses no surprise at your lack of prior romantic attachments, suggesting that the easy availability of gorgeous young women at the university eager to hone their carnal skills. together with the time pressures associated with academic achievement, make anything more than casual encounters a relative luxury. She excuses her own spinsterhood by saying that most of the men she meets seem to think that her confidence and professional success mean that she wouldn't welcome lasting domination in her private life, which couldn't be further from the truth.

"Also, my twenty-eight year old sister is currently living with me until she saves enough for a place of her own or meets a potential husband, which does cramp my style a bit," she admits, wryly. "Helen's a technical secretary and I love her to bits, but she can't hold a meaningful conversation and our tastes in music and furnishings are completely different."

You express sympathy and wave away Julia's offer to pay the bill, pointing out that you invited her out. Besides, you have to do something with all the tip money you've been accumulating. You even feel Amy has done well enough to warrant a gratuity of her own. Given that every spanking she receives costs her the price of a meal, she probably needs all the extra she can get.

Just as you're about to leave, Julia suggests a slight detour to ask Johanna how her nudity punishment's going.