"Well, the jig's up."

The fettered geezer shook his head and sighed. "I guess you'll be getting the Willbreaker."

"Willbreaker? What's that?" Frank asked.

"To bring the new inmates down a peg, they would all be beaten up their first day in... though the severity depends on what you can offer the jailer."

The geezer shook his head and sighed-Frank would definitely be getting a world of pain since he was not paying off the jailer.

Still, he advised, "Look, if you can't pay him off and have nothing of value, you just have to endure the stick and be as agreeable as possible. That way, the jailer just might take it easy on you."

"Exactly." A skinny inmate sighed in agreement. "I had nothing to offer when I was brought here, so I had to suffer fifty strikes. Fortunately, I was healthy enough to recover after two weeks' worth of lying down." He then looked pointedly at Frank. "But judging from your small frame, it'd take you a month to recover."

"Yeah, but surviving is better than nothing."

heartfelt advice as Frank

one would only be spared if they

one outside making bribes for him, he was certainly

was at least fifty

he would need just a couple of weeks to recover

was not, he was looking

"All of you, quiet!"

clearly hear the discussion

he looked around and asked, "I

hurried to him, bowing politely before leading the

they headed straight

Frank vaguely heard Scarface swearing

noticed upon a closer look that Scarface was glaring with fury and contempt, but at the jailer's flunkies

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