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ment until her objectives had been achieved.

One day, now feeling that the time was about right, Susan, without first advising Jan, except to say that she would be away most of that day, started looking for a job.

Her first stop was at the offices of a local newspaper. Here she immediately hit pay dirt. They were fortunately then on the point of increasing their editorial staff, with the objective of increasing their circulation.

Influenced by Susan's degree in journalism, her having served on the staff of her college paper, and her willingness to accept a rather low rate of pay, she was immediately taken on for a trial period, and told to report for work on Monday of the following week to begin working full time. Naturally, she went home with stars in her eyes and her head in the clouds.

The strained relationship that had developed then between mother and son during the past few weeks stemming from Susan's constant carping and unwarranted criticisms, had resulted in communication between them becoming increasingly rare.

Now, during the few times they spent together, principally at meals, they had less and less to say to each other. As a consequence, most of these short periods were spent in silence, except for when Susan was criticising Jan for some fancied short coming.

He had often thought of late that he would now much rather eat his meals alone, than under the present increasingly unpleasant conditions, and Susan, unfortunately, had recently entertained very similar thoughts, and it was obvious that their relations were undergoing radical changes, and unless something was soon done to alter the course, they would never again feel towards each other as they had in the past. This was further born out by Susan's recent practice of bringing her daily newspaper to the table, as an excuse for not talking to her son.

However, when Susan entered the house late that afternoon, after returning from her interview at the newspaper office, she at once sought out Jan, both to notify him of her new position, but principally to at once establish certain changes in their future relations.

This was a step she had been contemplating for the past few weeks. Susan now no longer felt any of the affection for her son, that she had experienced before their present peculiar arrangement had gone into effect. Also, and more importantly, she had lost most of her respect for him, now that he insisted upon continuing to wear cast off women's clothes, that were so obviously unsuitable for him, and above all to demean himself by aggressively seeking out and accepting the position of a common house