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face prettily made up, of the dangling earrings of the hugging waist cincher, of the lacquered nails, of the high heels beating their hypnotic music on the pavements.

It was at this time that it became increasingly evident that Susanna's personality was quite different from that of her twin- brother. She seemed to exude a sense of buoyancy, of optimism and cheerfulness which was only vaguely present in her brother's char- acter. He was (and still is) given to changing moods, passing from somber withdrawal and discouragement to exalted feelings of accomplishment and optimism. He tends to worry about the future, feels intensly the problems of the world about him, and at times he feels the need to be a fighter for social justice and human rights. Susanna is only vaguely aware of theso urges and moods. She is supremely confident of herself, she is vain and deeply in love with herself. She adores social life, revels in flattery, gets bored with intellectual conversations and is carried away with the beauty of sunset or sentimental mush on a television screen. She is coquettish and flirtatious and clothes and jewels and per- fumes fill her with ecstasy. If she had the means she would live in a palace surrounded by servants and friends who would constantly shower her with flattery.

Those were happy times for Susanna. She had found her freedom at last. But one day she ran into her first serious problem.

Her "brother" suddenly rebelled. He was a man and was not go- ing to allow her to monopolize every hour of the time he was away from work. He too liked to dance and make friends and go out with pretty girls. And so they quarrelled. Susanna lost the fight and sulked once more in some hidden corner of that body they both shared. He enjoyed the feeling of newly gained freedom and plunged into romance and then marriage. Two days before the wedding he buried Susanna. Her casket was three large suitcases which were given to the Salvation Army. Nothing remained but a memory. He thought he had killed her and that the empty space which she was leaving in his life was going to be more than filled with the love of his wife. But Susanna was far from dead. She waited for the inevitable. Не could not possibly keep his guard up 24 hours a day. Susanna played 'possum and quietly counted the hours. Then one day she struck back with female ferocity and before he knew what had happened he