The Great Power Behind The Act Of Forgiveness (11)

Even you were making noise, the headmistress said to me.
I wanted to say something in my defence but she shut me up.

She trashed me four strokes of her cane and gave two strokes each to the others.
I was really angry and all my anger was directed at John.
What is your name? The headteacher asked John.
He told her and she said henceforth he was the class captain and I had ceased to be the class captain as Iowa's not responsible