The young soldier is next subjected to a hard and long whipping with the long horse whip, which is extremely painful. The whipping is sometimes delivered slowly and other times quite fast, all this puts an immense strain on Angel's resilience who submits but shows strength and courage, albeit though there are moments of obvious difficulty for him. Even the severe hand spanking without the whip is hard for him to bear, especially when it is applied to the center of his buttocks, which aside from being more painful, heightens the young straight soldier already evident state of embarrassment.