at a restaurant in the suburbs, and Carol promised him a surprise. For this occasion she told me to wear her black sheath and the patent pumps. I was amazed that she wanted me to go and frankly was afraid to do so. She told me that it was best that Bill know what we were up to so that he could then determine what we were to do in the future. And so I spent more time than usual with my makeup and dress. Carol gave me one of her mink stoles to wear and the two of us looked to all the world like two very pretty well dressed young women. We drove to the restaurant and Bill was wait- ing for us. Carol introduced me as a friend of hers. Bill asked if this was the surprise and I knew he didn't recognize me. As we were having cocktails Bill kept looking at me and suggested that he had met me before, and then Carol laughingly told him that I was Johnny. Bill nearly fell out of his chair, but realized that there wasn't a chance in the world that I would be recognized as I was. So it was decided that I should stay in dress- es until they could clear me in the robbery. So for the next month Carol and I had the freedom of the city and went everywhere together.
It was during this period that Mrs. Thomas asked us to her apartment one evening for a visit. I was wearing a new light blue shirtwaist dress that Carol had just purchased along with my blue shoes, and a very pretty picture I made. My hair though still short look- ed lovely that night as I had gone to the beauty parlor with Carol that afternoon for the first time. I felt and looked very feminine and with a thrill of anticipation we walked down the hall to Mrs. Thomas' apartment. As she let us in I could see a tall good looking young man of about twenty five sitting in a chair in the liv- ing room. I hesitated but Mrs. Thomas took my arm in one hand and Carol's in the other and guided us into the room. She introduced us to the man, who it turn- ed out was her son who was in town for a few days on business, and was staying with his mother. As Larry rose to acknowledge the introduction, I could feel his eyes looking me over very thoroughly and I felt very conscious of the clothing I was wearing and felt some- what that his gaze penetrated my disguise. I was a little nervous at first, but gradually I began to feel more at ease in the role of Janet and I fell right in with the conversation. Larry kept shooting furtive
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