Boys will be boyz

We were very fond of sea bathing, and sometimes played truant in consequence, until one sad day it was reported to my father that we had not been to school - so we were sent up to the bedroom while he found a thick rope to give us a thrashing - by the time he found it I had passed a copy book up my back, and the blows fell harmelss, and I daresay inflicted as much pain to his mind, as to my back.