"Very well," said Judge Fang, "all but one stroke of the cane are 
suspended, pending the completion of these alterations. As for the ten years of 
imprisonment, I am embarrassed to relate that this district, being very small, 
does not have a prison, and so the suspect will have to be
released this evening after the business with the cane is finished. But rest 
assured, Mr. Hackworth, that your sentence will be served, one way or 
another."