RESTED, AND HE STRETCHED LAZILY AS HE SNUGGLED AGAINST THE SOFT SILKY NIGHTIE AND THE SATIN SHEETS OF HIS BED. HE KNEW HE WAS GETTING ADDICTED TO THE FEEL OF SATIN, SILK, AND LACE, AND HE LOVED IT!

SOON, THE DOOR OF HIS ROOM OPENED AND JOSIE CAME IN, DRESSED IN HER SAUCIEST MAID'S OUTFIT AND EQUIPPED WITH A NO-NONSENSE LOOK ON HER FACE. GERALD KNEW THAT THE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT BEFORE WERE TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES AND HE RESOLVED NOT TO MENTION THEM TO HER UNLESS SHE HERSELF BROUGHT THEM UP, WHICH WAS VERY

UNLIKELY.

"GOOD MORNING, MISS GERALDINE, " JOSIE

GREETED HIM WITH HER USUAL MORNING SMILE. "DID YOU SLEEP WELL?"

"OH, YES, JOSIE. DIVINELY!" GERALD REPLIED. "I FEEL SIMPLY WONDERFUL!"

"THAT'S NICE," JOSIE COMMENTED, THE BAREST TRACE OF A TWINKLE IN HER EYE. "NOW WE MUST GET YOU READY FOR SCHOOL. WE MUST NOT KEEP MISS LOUISE WAITING."

GERALD HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN THAT IT WAS MONDAY AND A SCHOOL DAY. THAT MEANT HE WAS TO WEAR THE REGULATION SCHOOL UNIFORM, WHICH WAS NOT NEARLY AS DELIGHTFULLY FRILLY AS HIS USUAL GIRLISH CLOTHES.

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BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT JOSIE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS FOR HIM. "TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING, SHE ANNOUNCED, "AND MISS LOUISE HAS DIRECTED THAT ALL THE GIRLS AT HER SEMINARY ARE TO WEAR THEIR NEW SPRING UNIFORMS. I THINK YOU'LL LIKE YOURS BETTER THAN THE STARCHY WINTER ONES YOU'VE BEEN WEARING TO SCHOOL.

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"OH, HOW NICE!" GERALD CHIRPED IN GENUINE JOY.

HE HAD HEARD THAT THE SPRING UNIFORMS WERE MUCH FRILLIER AND GAYER, AND HE'D BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO DONNING ONE.

"HURRY, NOW," JOSIE SAID, PATTING HIM ON THE BOTTOM THROUGH HIS PINK NIGHTIE. GO INTO THE BATHROOM AND STEP INTO THE NICE WARM TUB OF PERFUMED WATER I'VE DRAWN FOR YOU. I'LL LAY OUT YOUR THINGS FOR YOU AND BE THERE TO BATHE YOU IN A FEW MOMENTS."

GERALD TROTTED HAPPILY OFF TO HIS BATH, HIS MIND AWHIRL WITH VISIONS OF WHAT HE MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO WEAR THAT DAY. HE SHUCKED OFF HIS LACY NIGHTIE, HUNG IT CAREFULLY ON THE BACK OF THE BATHROOM DOOR AS HE'D SEEN JOSIE DO SO OFTEN, THEN SLID INTO THE PINK PORCELAIN SUNKEN TUB, WHICH WAS FILLED WITH FLUFFY SUDS WHICH SMELLED DIVINELY. THE WARM WATER SOOTHED AND CARESSED HIS FEMINIZED BODY.

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