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that day, even though I was wearing a veil. must have startled them, to say the least."

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"Oh, you can raise the pitch of your voice enough to get by", said Mrs. Vickers. "And your appearance will pass, too. It's your awkward movements and the lack of know- ledge of feminine niceties that could betray you. What ba might be excused in a young girl would never be condoned in a young woman. "She took my chin in her hand, tilted my face this way and that. "Dora, do you think we could pass Orville off. as a 17 or 18 year old girl? If so, he could run around with Barbara and her friends and then This awkwardness and shyness would be quite excusable".

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"Why yes", said Dora. "If we dress his wig more youth- fully girlish and pretty him up with a lot of gay ribbons and dainty flounces, he might very well pass as 18. " rbara and I exchanged mutually agonized glances.

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Grandmother"- she screeched "Don't do that,

I do NOT want to chum with a creature like Orville UGH!" she shuddered, "to even think about cart- ing him around with me as a girl - is s too appalling . bpor I simply will NOT DO IT!!"

"I know how you feel, darling", said Dora, "but Orville doesn't feel that way about it, do you, Orville, dear?" She smiled maliciously at me. "I'm sure he'd rather do that than be marching up and down in some old Army camp. Isn't that so, Or Lilly dear"? I gulped at her mean- ing. "Yes'm". "Well that is settled them", said Mrs. Vickers with finality. Barbara darted venomous glances of hate at me.

In later years, as I thought over this event in retrospect, I can definitely attribute it as the decisive step in my of present life. I was frightened and bewildered; frightened at the thought that I could easily antagonize any of these Josewomen to the extent of their turning me in to the law;

bewildered at the rapid pace of my change of status and