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am away?"

"I expect to do some travelling, probably to Europe, trying to forget the strain of the last few months."

"I hope you won't forget me," remarked John, only half in jest. He realized that the next period in his life would bring a great change in his life and especially in his relationship with Mary. Suddenly, he felt pangs of regret about his decision. Had he been ill advised to take this difficult step? Would his transformation be successful?

Mary did not reply at first. Then she said sternly, "Well it is what you wanted, is it not?"

"Eh...Eh...I guess so," said John. "Just the same, I never thought that our marriage would end this way."

"I will probably think of you occasionally," said Mary. She sounded like this was a great concession.

She let the conversation lapse and when they were finished, she told John to clean up and finish the dishes so he would leave an orderly house. She also made him make the beds and generally straighten out the rooms. It was just before 9 o'clock when John grabbed his valise, with his few feminine clothes. Mary had packed nothing personal or reminders of the past, nothing of sentimental value. Silently they drove to Brewster. When they arrived at the estate, John wanted to kiss Mary goodbye. But Mary turned away and when he had taken his suitcase out of the car, Mary drove away without so much as a "so long." John just stood there watching her drive out of the grounds, hoping she would at least wave.

Downhearted, he turned to the front door of the house and after some hesitation, rang the bell. After a little while, he heard footsteps and finally the large door swung open and a kindly looking lady asked him to come in.

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"You must be the new pupil," she said. "What is your name?" "I am Jill Howard, Ma'am, and Dr. Hepstein is expecting me.' "Alright, just follow me." While walking to Dr. Hepstein's study, John wondered whether this woman was to be one of his teachers. She was dressed in black with some stylish jewelry and an attractive hairdo. Generally, she looked like an attractive, well dressed, but somewhat conservative lady, in her late fifties. She did not speak further, so John did not dare to ask her any questions right

away.

Without knocking, she opened the door to Dr. Hepstein's study and said, "Here's the new girl." Then she said to John, "I am one of your teachers. You may call me Miss Betty." Then she left and closed the door behind her.

Dr. Hepstein was sitting behind a large desk, writing, and she paid no attention to John, who decided to wait patiently until she was finished.

It took her a full 10 minutes and John was beginning to feel

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awfully small and insignificant at this deliberate snub.

Finally, she looked up. Stiffly, she said, "First of all, we will give you a check-up, you can undress in there," pointing to a small alcove set aside from the room

When John was down to his panties and bra, Dr. Hepstein led him through the alcove and another door into a well equipped doctors office.

Dr. Hepstein gave John a thorough going over, checking all the usual things. But in addition, making careful notes of hair distribution, size of breasts, and many other measurements. She asked John many penetrating questions, whether he still wanted to be feminine, and just how much of a girl he now felt. John answered as best he could. Finally, Dr. Hepstein gave him an injection of female hormones in his derriere. It sure looked like a large dose to John, but fortunately it did not hurt too much.

Then Dr. Hepstein finally seemed to be ready and told John to get dressed, again pointing to the alcove. As John obeyed, he noticed that his outer garments had been removed. In its place, neatly laid out, were a pink maid's morning uniform with a white Peter Pan collar and white cuffs on the short sleeves. Also a white bib apron, which John put on without hesitation.

After straightening out his new uniform, John approached Dr. Hepstein who stood waiting, eyeing him critically. "You should be used to your new attire," she said.

"Now that you are here," she said, "you must realize that you have an awful lot to learn. A new person must be made and you must learn to forget the past completely. To do so you must obey our every rule strictly and you will be supervised and taught from dawn until late at night. There will be no letting up and you will be under strict discipline at all times, with severe and prompt punishment if you fail in anyway to live up to our expectations of your new feminine self. This is the only way a successful transformation can be completed."

"You realize of course, that you now have no means of income and in the future will be dependent on what you can earn as a female. In order to help you earn a living in the future, we will train you completely as a domestic. There is a great shortage of housekeepers in this area and when you have completed our course you will always be able to earn a living as a maid.

"You will undergo 3 months of training which will include many feminine accomplishments, such as cooking, sewing, child care, all of which will become completely natural to you and will be almost instinctive."

"You will have to endure a great many indignities to make you completely passive and servile and there will be days when you will strongly regret your decision to enter this house."