GERALD WAS AWAKENED THE NEXT MORNING BY A RAY OF SUNSHINE FLITTING ACROSS HIS FACE. PERHAPS IT HAD ALL BEEN A BAD DREAM, HE THOUGHT, HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT HE WAS RIGHT.

BUT HIS SELF-CONSOLATION WAS DESTINED TO BE SHORT-LIVED, FOR WHEN HE PEERED INTO THE CLEVERLY-POSITIONED MIRROR, HE SAW THE IGNOMINIOUS GLOBES STILL FASTENED TO HIS CHEST AND INSIDE THEM HIS NEWLY-BORN BREASTS! HE COULD ALSO SEE THE SHAMEFUL DEVICE WHICH HID HIS SYMBOL AND CREATED A GIRLISH STYLE TO HIS CROTCH. HE WEPT NEW TEARS.

MISS INGRID SOON CAME IN TO WISH HIM A CHEERFUL "GOOD MORNING" AS SHE RELEASED HIS FETTERS.

"DID YOU SLEEP WELL, MISS GERALDINE?" SHE INQUIRED.

GERALD MADE NO REPLY, PREFERRING TO SOB HIS HEART OUT.

"COME NOW," SHE CHIDED. "BE A GOOD SHE PUT BOY-GIRL AND EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!" SCRAMBLED EGGS AND HAM AND A TRAY FULL OF TOAST AND JAM ON A SMALL TABLE AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF HIM AFTER FIRST RAISING THE HEAD OF HIS BED.

"TAKE IT AWAY!" HE SHOUTED. "I DON'T

WANT IT! LEAVE ME ALONE! I WANT TO DIE!"

"VERY WELL!" MISS INGRID RETORTED. "BUT BEFORE YOU DIE, YOU WILL HAVE TO GET UP. DOCTOR BUELL WISHES TO EXAMINE YOU."

"LEAVE ME ALONE," HE SOBBED. "PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"NONSENSE! HERE

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I'LL HELP YOU." SHE PULLED DOWN THE SHEET WHICH HAD BEEN COVERING HIS LOWER LIMBS AND GRASPED HIS ARM IN A FIRM GRIP, PULLING HIM FROM THE BED. PROPELLING HIM INTO THE EXAMINING ROOM, SHE DUMPED HIM ON THE TABLE AND SECURED HIM TO IT WITH TIES ABOUT THE WRISTS AND ANKLES.

"AND HOW IS MY PRETTY PATIENT THIS MORNING?" DOCTOR BUELL INQUIRED AS SHE SWEPT INTO THE ROOM.

"OH, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?" GERALD SOBBED. "WHY HAVE YOU RUINED MY LIFE? WHY? WHY?"

GOOD,

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"WHY, GERALD DEAR, IT'S FOR YOUR OWN YOU KNOW, "THE DOCTOR SAID.

NO!

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"MY GOOD? NO! DON'T SAY SUCH AN AWFUL THING!" HE WEPT.

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