Judith, now a mature mother of teenagers, is invited by her former Paris flatmate for a few weeks in Sitges. Much to her delight, she has not lost the knack for rollerblading and the Promenade in Sitges is ideal. She attracts the eye of Gerald, an English artist; she sits for him... but finds it hard to be patient with his daughter Erica. She realises that Erica is in need of encouragement in her university studies as she herself had been from Madame in Paris. The tuition goes well and Erica is punished when necessary. However, Judith makes it clear to Gerald that she deserves at least the same punishment which she handed out to his daughter, but it transpires that more severity is needed. Traumatic though it proves, she still readily accepts his dinner invitation and the subsequent night leaves nothing to be desired!

Book 2 of the 'Educating Judith' trilogy.