one in the afternoon
-LRB- `` Gosh '' from a boy at the back , and general sympathy . -RRB- `` He has the t-tawse hung in the lobby so as to be handy . '' -LRB- `` It cowes all . '' -RRB- `` There are three regular c-canings every day , one in the morning , and one in the afternoon , and one before you go to bed . '' At this point Speug , who had been listening with much doubt to Nestie 's account , and knew that he had a luxuriant imagination , interfered . `` Nestie , '' he said , `` ye 're an abandoned little scoundrel , and ye 're telling lees straicht forward , '' and the school went into the class-room divided in opinion . Some were suspicious that Nestie had been feeding their curiosity with highly spiced meat , but others were inclined to believe anything of Bulldog 's household arrangements .