Reunion With The Wives
It was apparent that Princess Camelia's first impression of the other four was less than ideal indeed.
And Alexander's lukewarm defense of sparing the princess the cane did not help, as it did nothing to placate the mistress of the house, only further enraging her.
Cambyses usually loved the fact that Alexander never tried to hurt or abuse his spouses, something that was, unfortunately, quite a common occurrence, especially among regular people.
'It keeps them in line.' They said.
But that did not mean she was in support of altogether discarding the practice either.
Cambyses did believe that if one of them made a grievous enough mistake, they should be properly punished, with all the marks to etch the lesson into the skin.
And that it should be done by the man of the house.