Nancy was not here to witness 1C. She would have loved every minute of it!"

"Rest assured, my dear, that any misbehavior on his part when Nancy visits him will bring on a similar chastisement," his aunt declared.

A crestfallen Gerald was obliged to endure the misery and humilation of a small child who has been naughty and perhaps more unnerving was to listen to his aunt discuss his future with Mrs. Smythe, as if he were not there at all.

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"Do you plan to keep Gerald in his girlish role for any length of time?" Smythe inquired.

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"Yes, indeed!" his aunt replied. have even made discreet inquiries of the headmistress of a fashionable girl's seminary none other than Miss Louise find out about the possibility of entering him as a day student."

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"Yes, I feel the constant association with young ladies of excellent breeding will do him a world of good as well as joining them in all their activities," his aunt declared.

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"Did she agree, my dear?" Mrs, Smythe inquired.

"Well, she did think my request was a bit unusual, but she said that she had had a number of similar requests in the past and had agreed to them with certain precautions, if you know what I mean. At any rate, I am delighted to inform you that my Gerald has been accepted!"

"I have been considering a similar sort of arrangement for my Nancy," stated Mrs. Smythe. "Wouldn't it be nice for Gerald if she were attending Miss Louise's as she could look out for him while he is there,"

"I do think they both would benefit greatly from the experience," his aunt declared.

Gerald's shoulders drooped with utter hopelessness over his situation. It could mean but one thing his aunt was determined to feminize him. He wanted to scream in protest, to damn these designing women to hell and back. But he wisely refrained, for he knew what torments his aunt was capable of unleashing on him.

The ladies turned to other subjects dear to the feminine heart.

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