This ominous tool she presented to Miss Scatcherd with a respectful curtesy; then she quietly, and without being told, unloosed her pinafore, and the teacher instantly and sharply inflicted on her neck a dozen strokes with the bunch of twigs.
Los entregó a la profesora con respetuosa cortesía, inclinó la cabeza y Miss Scartched, sin pronunciar una palabra, le descargó debajo de la nuca una docena de golpes con aquel haz.