That night there was hell to pay. Kevin, the boy whom Nell had defeated 
over tetherball, had learned everything he knew about being a bully from none 
other than Burt, because Burt had lived with Kevin's mom for a while and might 
even have been Kevin's dad, so Kevin went to Burt and told him that he'd been 
beaten up by Harv and Nell acting together. That night, both Harv and Nell got 
the worst spanking of their lives. It went on so long that finally Mom tried to 
step in and get Burt to calm down. But Burt slapped Mom across the face and 
shoved her down on the floor. Finally, Harv and Nell ended up in their room 
together. Burt was in the living room having a few beers and getting into a 
Burly Scudd ractive. Mom had run out of the apartment, and they had no idea 
where she was.