"WELL, IN THAT CASE, I'M GOING TO

TAKE MY PLATE OUT TO THE KITCHEN AND EAT WITH YOU, " PETE REPLIED, PICKING UP HIS SILVERWARE AND DINNER DISH.

"SO AM I," I SMILED, PICKING UP MY PLACE SETTING."

"ALL RIGHT... ALL RIGHT," YVETTE REPLIED, WEAKENING AT LAST. "WE SHALL ALL HAVE OUR DE JEUNER TOGETHER, LIKE A FAMILY."

THE DINNER WAS TOTALLY MARVELOUS EACH DISH DONE EXACTLY RIGHT WITH A TOUCH OF FRENCH COOKERY THAT EXCITED THE TASTE BUDS ALMOST AS MUCH AS YVETTE'S VIVACIOUS COMPANY AND LOVELINESS EXCITED OUR EMOTIONS.

AFTER DINNER, PETE AND

RETIRED TO THE KITCHEN TO DO THE DISHES, OVER YVETTE'S PROTESTS, WHILE SHE RESTED IN THE LIVING ROOM BEFORE THE FIRE. I WORE A FRILLY APRON TO PROTECT MY DRESS, AND PETE HAD BEEN PUT INTO A CUTE, LACE-TRIMMED PINAFORE BY YVETTE, ONE SHE HAD BROUGHT WITH HER FROM HER PREVIOUS EMPLOYER, WHOSE SON WAS ALSO ONE OF HER TV CHARGES.

THAT LAD HAD BEEN LIVING AS A GIRL FROM THE TIME HE WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OLD UNTIL HE MARRIED AT TWENTY. HIS BRIDE WAS

A BEAUTIFUL STRONG-WILLED GIRL OF TWENTYTHREE, BLESSED WITH INDEPENDENT WEALTH, WHO LIKED TO DRESS IN SLACKS AND SHIRT MUCH OF THE TIME.

THEY WERE MARRIED IN A PLUSH CEREMONY AT A LOCAL CATHEDRAL, THE BOY DRESSED IN A LOVELY WHITE LACE BRIDAL GOWN AND THE GIRL IN MORNING COAT AND STRIPED TROUSERS, BY AN UNDERSTANDING PRIEST. THEY NOW LIVE IN COMPLETE BLISS AS MAN AND WIFE, WITH THE BOY TAKING THE WIFELY ROLE AND THE GIRL ASSUMING THE HUSBANDLY DUTIES.

IT WAS NOT AN ARRANGEMENT I COULD PERSONALLY LIVE IN, MY AMBITIONS AND CAREER DRIVES SUPERSEDING THE FEMININITY WITHIN ME, BUT COULD SYMPATHIZE WITH ANYONE WHO WAS IN LOVE WITH FEMININE GARMENT TO THAT DEGREE.

WHEN WE HAD FINISHED THE DISHES AND HAD RETURNED THE KITCHEN TO A PRISTINE STATE OF CLEANLINESS, PETE AND IRE JOINED YVETTE IN THE LIVING ROOM.

SHE WAS RECLINING IN A COMFORTABLE LOUNGING CHAIR, BUT SAT UP WHEN WE ENTERED. "MADEMOISELLE PEGEEN, COME OVER HERE AND ALLOW ME TO REMOVE YOUR PINAFORE, ་་ SHE SUGGESTED.

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