Nurse Ella Hughes has been accused by some of her fellow nurses of letting the doctors at the training school spank her bottom in return for money and for giving her higher grades. Matron also thinks that she is not up to scratch on her ward work and in general is a very bad example of what a nurse should be. Ella confesses to what she has been accused of and so punishment follows. This is a harsh punishment which leaves her close to tears as the leather paddle does its work on her bare bottom.
