Walter Hogg approached the front door nervously. He knew that he was going to be in for a very hard day working for the ladies of the Kastle, with any dissatisfaction heavily punished. He was dressed in a uniform comprising a long-sleeved ladies blouse with puffy sleeves, dark pants and a large bow tie. He was concerned that his shoes where not properly shined and his blouse wasn't perfectly ironed. He had done his best with these tasks but he knew from experience that the ladies standards in these matters were usually much higher than his own.

He knocked and waited. Soon the door opened and a strongly built attractive Mistress stood there framed by the doorway.

"In quickly Hogg. I want you in a skirt today as part of your uniform. Get changed now."

Hog curtsied low. "Yes, Madam, at once, Madam," he stuttered, as he did what he was ordered.

He changed quickly and reported for duty to the lounge where the Mistresses were waiting.

He curtsied low and then stood strictly at attention awaiting their orders.

"I'm going to inspect your uniform, Hogg," the Mistress said, "and it had better be perfect."

Hogg stood at attention while she completed her inspection.

"Your blouse isn't properly ironed. Nor is your skirt and your shoes aren't polished enough. That will be 5 whips," she stated.

"Yes, Madam.Begging your pardon Madam," was all Hogg could say.

"Now we are going to put you to work, Hogg," she said, "so get your cleaning equipment and report to the kitchen immediately."

Hogg curtsied,replying, "yes Madam, at once Madam." He trotted out to the kitchen with his knees up high with the Mistresses following.

Hogg stood strictly at attention, waiting for their orders.

"Before you start Hogg," the Mistress said, "I want to ensure that you know the rules.You will address all the Mistresses as "Madam" or "Ma'am" if they prefer.You will curtsy whenever you or a Mistress enters or leaves the room. You will go everywhere trotting at the double with your knees as high as you can get them, and when you are not working you will stand strictly at attention without moving. Is that clear?"

"Yes Madam,very good Madam," Hogg replied as he curtsied.

"I don't have to tell you that if you fail to obey any of these rules you will be punished heavily," she said with a smile.

"I will punish you either by getting you to stand at attention facing the wall for half an hour or so, possibly outside where we can see you, or by whipping you in the upstairs dungeon. As that will involve you being tied hand and foot and then stretched so you are standing on tip-toes and being left on your own for 5 minutes before being whipped...I suggest that you do everything to our complete satisfaction."

Hogg could only mumble "yes Madam" as he stood there in front of the Mistresses quite humiliated.

"Something else, Hogg," the Mistress said, "if we aren't pleased with your performance overall, then when you have finished your work you will be hog-tied and left alone in the dungeon until we go. I don't care whether this is convenient for you or not.... and as we finish late you'll spend several hours tied up and out of earshot so your complaints, if you have any, will not bother us as we won't hear them.

Hogg remained standing at attention feeling very nervous in the Mistress  actually carried out her threats.

"Now Hogg,"she said "we are going to get you to scrub the kitchen floor and I want it spotless and shining. We want to see you sweating. After that I want the dishes washed and dried and the washing done and some ironing. I also will get you to scrub the dungeon floors and the bathroom. That should keep you busy."

"Yes, Madam,very good Madam," Hogg contributed, trying to keep the Mistress happy.

"And Hogg, if  I'm not pleased with your work, I'll interrupt you to punish you which means you will have to make up the time by working even harder."

"Yes, Madam,"was all Hogg could say.

"Right, Hogg. Get to work." she ordered.

"Yes Madam,at once Madam," Hogg replied as he curtsied and got down on his hands and knees and began scrubbing the floor under her supervision. "When you're  finished, report outside to me, " she said. Hogg scrubbed hard and started to perspire as he tried to make the floor sparkle.

"Harder, Hogg,much harder, " she ordered, as she delivered a couple of stinging whips on his bottom with her riding crop.

"Yes, Madam,certainly Madam," stammered Hogg as he winced and then scrubbed even harder

Eventually he finished the floor and reported as ordered, trotting outside, knees high and curtsying low before standing at attention.

"Reporting for duty, Madam," Hogg offered.

"Stand there,and wait Hogg," the Mistress ordered.

She kept him waiting for 10-15 minutes while she chatted to the other Mistresses. Hogg stood at attention awaiting her next order. Eventually it came.

"Into the kitchen Hogg, at the double, " she ordered.

Hogg did as he was told and waited while she and the other Mistresses inspected his work.

"Not nearly good enough Hogg" one of the other Mistresses said with a big smile. "This means punishment, and we want you to do it all over again."

"Please Madam..."Hogg started.

"Are you arguing with me ?" she bellowed.

"Please Madam,no Madam," Hogg slithered.

"That will be double the punishment, 10 whips instead of 5, making a total of 15 so far when I add the 5 whips for your uniform."

"Yes Madam,thank you Madam," Hogg said, not wanting to add further punishment.

"Hogg, arguing with me doubles the punishment, in case you have forgotten," she explained.

"Thank you Madam," Hogg replied, already very nervous about the 15 whips he would be getting.

"On with the scrubbing Hogg," she ordered.

The Mistress stayed and watched for a while occasionally giving him a stinging whip with her riding crop if he slowed down.

Hogg finally completed the scrubbing, the effort causing him to perspire heavily as he tried to make the floor shine. After reporting outside and again being made to wait, the Mistresses inspected his work.

"That will do Hogg, one of them said," now I want you to serve coffees before you wash and dry the dishes.

Hogg took their orders and prepared the coffees. He took them outside to the Mistresses ensuring that he curtsied to each Mistress after serving her.

"Stand facing the wall, Hogg," one of them ordered "where we can see you, and don't move.

"Yes Madam"Hogg replied, doing as he was told.

"You can stand there while we finish these coffees, then I want you to pick up the cups,wash and dry them and then report back here Hogg," she ordered.

Hogg did as she told him, standing strictly at attention facing the wall, not daring to move.

"Hogg," she said, "over here, we want you to dance."

"Yes Madam,very good Madam," replied Hogg as he performed a dance, first Irish then Scottish and finally ballet.

The Mistresses seemed to find the dancing amusing and Hogg felt humiliated by their laughter.

"Now Hogg,we want you to display your marching. I want you to march down to the back gate in real marching-girl style."

Hogg did as he ordered, marching properly, knees up high. After they had finished amusing themselves, Hogg was ordered to clean up and wash the dishes.

The phone rang several times and a couple of clients arrived leaving limited opportunities for Hogg to be supervised.

"Now Hogg,we are going to put you somewhere out of the way, while we entertain our clients." the Mistress said.

"So, you are going to be handcuffed to the pole outside."

 Hogg trotted outside where the Mistress  handcuffed his hands behind his back to the pole.Then she also tied his ankles and knees to the pole so he was completely helpless.

"I don't think you'll disturb what we are doing now Hogg," she said with a laugh.

Hogg wanted to ask how long he would be left there, but thought better of it, knowing how the Mistresses disliked silly questions from bothersome maidservants.

They left him there for what seemed a long time before one of them came and released him.

"Thank you Madam," he said, pleased to be free.

" I haven't got time for that" she said impatiently , "I want the upstairs dungeon floor scrubbed so that it shines. Anything less will add to your punishments."

"Yes Madam,at once Madam," he said, curtsying and proceeding up the stairs at the double.

Hogg scrubbed the floor as hard as he could, again raising a substantial sweat. When he was certain it was sparkling he trotted downstairs to report to the Mistresses. Again they kept him waiting at attention while they chatted among themselves.

Eventually one of them spoke, "we have decided that we want to be entertained Hogg,bring me the handcuffs."

"Yes, Madam,"Hogg responded, not knowing what they had in mind. He trotted to fetch them. "Hurry up Hogg," she said loudly. Hogg fetched the handcuffs and after curtsying, stood waiting their pleasure.

"We are going to handcuff your hands behind your back, then tie your knees and ankles.Then we are going to get you to hop into the dungeon and bring a whip.How fast you hop will determine how hard you are whipped," she explained.

"Please Madam..."Hogg started, before realizing that he was being impudent and argumentative.

"So, you want to argue, do you Hogg?" she said. "Then, you'll be doing a lot of hopping and you'll also be cleaning our boots."

"Yes Madam,please Madam, I didn't try to argue," Hogg stammered.

"Don't tell me what you tried to do !! I hear you. This will mean even more punishment,"she said with a smile.

"Yes, Madam,thank you Madam," said Hogg, trying not to offend her any more.

She duly handcuffed and tied him very firmly.

"Now Hogg,I want you to hop into the dungeon and bring me a whip ...and hurry," she ordered.

He hopped as quickly as he could into the dungeon and with a lot of difficulty, picked up a whip, before hopping back to the Mistresses.

"I don't want this whip, Hogg" she said, as she gave a stinging couple of whips, "get me another one, and hurry up!"

The Mistresses were laughing, but Hogg certainly wasn't as he hopped back and selected another whip and returned back to the lounge.

"Not quick enough Hogg," she said as she whipped him on the backside several times."This time, I want you to hop to the front door and back quickly."

Hogg did as he was told, the Mistresses following him and handing out a whip whenever he slowed down.

He was red-faced and sweating when they finally finished getting him to hop from room to room. Next they took his gag off and ordered him to clean all the Mistresses boots.

His backside was exposed during this cleaning as he was still handcuffed and tied so every time a Mistress was dissatisfied with the effort it meant another whip.

Hogg was exhausted,humiliated and sweating when he finished. They released him and he was ordered to serve coffees while they relaxed.