"YOUR AUNT KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU, GERALD, "DR. BUELL REPLIED IN A REASSURING TONE. "YOU COULDN'T VERY WELL LIVE AS A GIRL WITHOUT HAVING A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL PLUMP BREASTS TO GO WITH YOUR LOVELY FRILLIES AND PRETTY FROCKS."

DR. BUELL INSTRUCTED MISS INGRID TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC GLOBES. THEN SHE EXAMINED THE BREASTS AND THE NIPPLES INTENTLY, PRODDING THE FLESH HERE, CARESSING IT THERE, HER FINGERS SENDING ELECTRIC SHOCKS FLITTING THROUGH HIS NERVE ENDINGS. HE SHRIEKED AS SHE TOOK HOLD OF THE NIPPLES AND TWEAKED THEM.

"THEY ARE HEALING VERY NICELY, MY DEAR GERALD," SHE SAID. "THEY WILL BE PAINFUL FOR A FEW DAYS,

BUT IN A SHORT TIME YOU WILL FIND THE TOUCH OF FINGERS ON THEM DELIGHTFULLY THRILLING."

GERALD DOUBTED THAT SUCH A THING WOULD EVER COME TO PASS. BUT HE DECIDED TO SAY NOTHING AND CONTENT HIMSELF WITH GLARING MURDEROUSLY AT HER.

"YES, GERALD, YOU NEED HAVE NO FEAR OF BEING DISCOVERED BY THE OTHER GIRLS AT THE SEMINARY AS A MERE BOY IN SKIRTS, SHE SAID. THEN SHE TURNED ON HER HEEL AND LEFT THE ROOM.

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MISS INGRID UNSTRAPPED HIS WRISTS AND ANKLES AND RETURNED HIM UNCEREMONIOUSLY TO THE RECOVERY ROOM.

LATER ON, WHEN LUNCH WAS BROUGHT IN, GERALD GULPED IT DOWN RAVENOUSLY, FOR HE'D NOT EATEN IN THIRTY-SIX HOURS OR MORE AND WAS STARVED.

SHORTLY BEFORE FIVE P.M., THE NURSE STRODE INTO THE ROOM IN HER RUSTLING UNIFORM. SHE WAS CARRYING A LARGE WHITE CARDBOARD BOX UNDER HER ARM BEARING THE IMPRINT OF ONE OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE GIRL'S SHOPS IN THE CITY.

"YOU DEAR LITTLE THING," SHE CHIRPED IN HER BARITONE VOICE. "YOUR AUNTY HAS SENT THESE THINGS OVER FOR YOU TO WEAR ON YOUR RETURN HOME. 191

SHE DROPPED THE BOX ON THE BED WITHOUT BOTHERING TO OPEN IT. GERALD ASSUMED THAT SHE EXPECTED HIM TO REMOVE THE GARMENTS FROM THE BOX, SO HE GOT OUT OF BED AND SOON HAD SPREAD THE ENSEMBLE HE WAS TO WEAR OUT ON THE SHEET. AS THE FRILLIES WERE UNVEILED, HE WENT CRIMSON FROM THE ROOTS OF HIS BLONDE HAIR TO THE TIPS OF HIS TOES.

NURSE INGRID PROMPTLY GATHERED THE LACES OF HIS CORSETS IN HER STRONG HANDS

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