(1) u2018Sergei - Kap - please don't -u2019 I begged, but the sting of the knout against the skin of my back made me cry out in mid-plea.(2) Hugo Haase told the French socialists that u2018what the Prussian boot means to you, the Russian knout means to usu2019.(3) The men hold heavy, thick-ended knouts of ash; most of their sons carry whippy stems of hazel.
