Brutus was astonished by this act of kindness. "Usually if I showed any sign of happyness, like a smile or a laugh, I would be brutally whipped. Or the stocks for public stoning, or usually a small club to the face. When I wasn't out performing tricks for the prince, I was chained up in the dungeons." Again he shrank back, because telling outsiders about his punishments was a strict and harsh rule that was punishable by death.