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preparing the coffee did he begin to realize the enormity of the trick Mary had played on him. She no doubt had known Dr. Hepstein was coming and had deliberately had him dress to look like a maid. John's brain was working feverishly. "Why had Mary done this? Why had he agreed to dress up all this time. Why had he secretly liked this new feeling of femininity? What would Dr. Hepstein think? What was he to do now? Go change quickly or serve the coffee as if nothing had happened, continuing to play the role Mary had forced upon him?

Again John's compromising eagerness to please was his undoing. He decided that as long as he had promised Mary her 14 days and in as much as Dr. Hepstein had seen him dressed already anyway, that he might as well serve the coffee as he had been asked. And deep inside John came to the realization that he agreed with what so many people had told him the last 2 weeks; he was attractive and girlish looking and he had proved many times over that he could easily pass as a woman. Why hide it?

So it was that John knocked on the door and properly served the coffee to the two ladies. He felt Dr. Hepstein's eyes following his every move and he had difficulty controlling his nerves. However, he finished his task without mishap. Just when he intended to sit down, Mary haughtily ordered him to wait in the kitchen until he was called. The Dr. wished to talk in privacy with Mary.

John flushed, but did as he was told.

Dr. Hepstein then told Mary that her symptoms were in all likelihood caused by John's obviously increasing femininity. Subconsciously Mary resented this and according to Dr. Hepstein this caused a hostility which showed itself in the strong wish to dominate John and to make him feel femininely inferior by dressing him up as a girl.

"It's remarkable how nature takes care of such things, almost automatically," said Dr. Hepstein. "Adjusting your attitude to become more bossy while 'Miss' Howard becomes more passive as time goes on." Mary was obviously helped by this explanation and it was then that the doctor brought up the problems of the future. It was clear from her attitude that she was not particularly fond of males and would not hesitate to insult or distress a man whenever there was a chance. Dr. Hepstein said, "It would serve him right to let nature continue this process and wherever possible speed up the transformation."

Mary asked, "You mean we should try to make 'more' of a woman out of him?."

"Exactly," said Dr. Hepstein, "and if we are clever about it we will let John himself do the transforming, and eventually he will beg us to let him be a girl, full time".

When Mary asked how this could be accomplished, Dr.

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Hepstein outlined the plan carefully and in great detail. She thought that in a period of 6 months John could be made to realize by various subtle means that nature really intended him to be a woman and that he could only be truly happy if he realized this and transformed himself. So Dr. Hepstein and Mary, who by now was all excited about the prospect, decided to go ahead with a plan which they systematically laid down on note paper. Dr. Hepstein was to have sessions with him every other day, and without John knowing it, he would undergo endocrine therapy with large doses of estrogen, which would increase John's mammary ducts and give him firmly feminine breasts. Dr. Hepstein also gave Mary prescriptions for Estrone and another female hormone which would bring about feminine fat distribution, changing to a high-pitched voice, and a feminizing of his hair distribution. Dr. Hepstein suggested that Mary administer these pills in thick soup so that John would not notice and therefore could not object. Mary promised to start immediately the next day, Monday, and clearly showed that she enjoyed this secret project as much as Dr. Hepstein. Dr. Hepstein also laid out a plan of showing subtle sex characteristics, so that John gradually would become more and more aware of the changes in

him.

When all their plans were completed, John was called in on the pretext that the Doctor wanted another cup of coffee.

After John served this neatly, he was asked to sit down. Dr. Hepstein remarked how attractive he looked in this uniform, which made John blush furiously. She explained that she had diagnosed Mary's difficulties and that she thought they could be cured with "Jill's" full cooperation.

Mary then left the room and the doctor explained to John that for the next few months it was best to try and please Mary as much as possible and was instructed to do whatever she asked of him. “If you really love your wife, that is not too much to ask, is it?" John agreed, stating that he dearly loved Mary and would do everything in his power to help.

The doctor then asked whether John had been in the Army. Hearing that he had, she asked, "Did the doctors or your buddies ever say anything to you about your obvious femininity?" John stammered "Eh..eh..."

"Have you noticed it yourself lately?" asked the doctor. John had to admit that during the last few weeks he was taken many times for a girl. He claimed that any young man, when dressed and made up as a girl could probably have the same experience. The doctor denied this and said that only men who had a number of female secondary sex characteristics, such as narrow waist, and shoulders, attractive legs, soft facial hair, could easily pass as a member of the opposite sex. I think that you could without doubt be an attractive