ALSO GONE FROM SIGHT WERE MY MASCULINELY APPOINTED BED, CHIFFONIERE, AND ALL THE REST OF MY FURNITURE. THE ROOM HAD BEEN TOTALLY REDECORATED NEW WALLPAPER OF A SICKENING PINK COLOR, DAINTILY OFFSET WITH LITTLE LACY CHERUBS; AN OLDFASHIONED FOURPOSTER BED, FRILLY AND LACY WITH PINK HANGINGS; A DEEP WHITE CARPET WHICH SEEMED TO BE MADE OF POLAR BEAR FUR, EXCEPT THAT IT WAS WALL-TO-WALL; A VANITY TABLE WITH SATIN TAFFETA SKIRTS AND HUGE OVAL MIRROR AND BEDECKED WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF MAKEUP AND FEMININE BEAUTY AIDS, INCLUDING A LONG BLONDE WIG ON A STAND.

IT WAS TOO DISGUSTING FOR WORDS, BUT I FOUND MY VOICE SOON ENOUGH. "THIS CANNOT BE MY ROOM! THERE'S SOME MISTAKE! THIS IS A GIRL'S ROOM!" SCREAMED AT HER.

"A BOUDOIR," MADEMOISELLE AGREED.

"BUT, MON CHER, IT IS YOURS!"

I RUBBED MY BLEARY EYES AND SHOOK MY HEAD NEGATIVELY. "NO ... NO!" MURMURED TO MYSELF. "THIS IS SOME KIND OF CRAZY DREAM. WHAT DO I NEED WITH A GIRL'S ROOM?" I SAID ALOUD.

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"BOUDOIR!" MADEMOISELLE CORRECTED ME ONCE MORE. " SHALL NOT TELL YOU AGAIN WITHOUT PUNISHING YOU SEVERELY. SEE THAT YOU REMEMBER!"

"ALL RIGHT," I CONCEDED GRUFFLY. "WHAT DO I NEED WITH A A BOUDOIR?"

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"YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE FOR A TIME AS A GIRL," MADEMOISELLE REPLIED. "JUST HOW LONG A TIME IS UP TO YOU AND DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH COOPERATION GET FROM YOU." "LIVE AS A GIRL?" | CRIED. "ARE YOU CRAZY? I'M A BOY ALMOST A MAN.

I WON'T LIVE AS ANY GIRL. YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT!"

"WE SHALL SEE WHAT WE SHALL SEE!" MADEMOISELLE STATED ENIGMATICALLY, THEN SHE SNAPPED HER FINGERS.

I WAS SUDDENLY AWARE OF A PRESENCE BEHIND ME SUZETTE, THE PERT UPSTAIRS MAID FROM WHOM I'D COPPED A FAST FEEL ON OCCASION. WITH AMAZING STRENGTH, SHE GRABBED MY ARMS FROM BEHIND AND WRESTLED ME INTO THE ROOM WITH A DOUBLE HAMMER LOCK.

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