MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver (Italics)

[s~Z]

>    " ... Now be a man, face me, and make it easier, or must I rather work
>    on *you* from the Back, like a Beast, which will take longer, and
>    certainly mean more discomfort for *you*." (699.2-4)


>>>Two you's and no blows yet -- Dixon's still telling the slave-driver what
to do to get *prepared* (italics mine) for the thrashing Dixon apparently
still plans to give him, as indicated by the use of the future tense
("which will take longer"),<<<

Why is it more difficult to whip a man who is facing away from you? (All of
my parents' whoopings of me took place with me facing away from them.)

Why would it take longer to whip someone facing away from you?

I think he is talking about efficacy of homicide, not whipping.