Lady Bertie wanted her slave to learn to keep time. He did not know how to observe time. He was late when she sent him, he was late to wake up, he was late to do chores, he was slow in finishing things and she did not like how he did not adhere to breakfast, lunch and dinner time. She was not amused by that so she used her saliva to punish him. She spat into his mouth and she used her feet to gag him.