"IT SERVES AS A MODESTY DEVICE, HIS AUNT POINTED OUT.

"YES, I CAN SEE.

IT'S QUITE UNUSUAL,

I MUST SAY, 19 THE DOCTOR COMMENTED, AS THOUGH

MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF IT FOR FUTURE USE.

AUNT.

"SHOULD IT BE REMOVED?" INQUIRED HIS

"YES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BEST,"

THE DOCTOR REPLIED.

THE RIBBON FASTENINGS OF THE LACY LITTLE PINK SHEATH WERE UNTIED, AND GERALD'S AUNT SLIPPED IT OFF.

GERALD NOW STEPPED OUT OF THE LITTLE HEAP OF FRILLY UNDIES, HIS CHEEKS SCARLET, HIS EYES FIXED FIRMLY ON THE CARPET AT HIS FEET.

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"PLEASE GET UP ON THE EXAMINATION TABLE, GERALD," THE DOCTOR ASKED IN A PLEASANT TONE OF VOICE.

"OH, PLEASE, AUNTY. MUST 1?"

"THIS VERY MINUTE!" SHE REPLIED.

"YOU HEARD WHAT DR. BUELL SAID!"

GERALD'S MISGIVINGS

INCREASED TENFOLD

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