Master Henry returned the next day and repeated the same process, throwing water on his new slave, then leaving for a few hours. He came back and whipped him 130 times, then spoke.

"I warned you for every word you spoke, you would receive ten lashes. Since I began your whipping, you have actually spoken 18 more words. So..."

Without anything further, he lashed him 20 more times, then left.

The next day passed as it had before, first the water, then the lashing of 150. And still he wasn't finished. The next day he finished his whipping.

"Now," he said firmly, standing in front of him, coiling the whip in his hand and staring directly into his eyes.

"Who is your Master? Who do you belong to? Whose property are you? You have my permission to speak up to ten words without penalty."