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Aliceâs legal guardian was no longer powerless, despite the girlâs age and the fact she was not now far from the âage of majorityâ.
Much of that âself-relianceâ and âindependence of spiritâ the girl had always been known for had now largely evaporated in the face of her new-found reliance on her physicianâs script. Indeed, Aliceâs growing dependence on the good doctor had now placed her well and truly under that womanâs control – and by proxy, her own.
But it was time the girl was more properly tamed. It was high time she got her stepdaughter more fully âdomesticatedâ, as her physician accomplice, the ever-resourceful psychologist, Dr Anne Ecclestone, liked to put it.
In short; it was high time some âstructureâ was introduced into the carefree life of the young heiress, Alice Lamberton. If she could expect a struggle where the imposition of strict discipline was concerned, she expected a veritable storm once the thorny question of corporal punishment raised its head…
…but that was where the doctor came in…