went to work on Gina's makeup. With the wig in neat waves covering the ears and part of the forehead, with the eyebrows drawn in a fine dark arc and the color of the lipstick changing the shape of my mouth, there suddenly was a new and different face looking at me from the mirror. Gina appeared. The rest was easy. The dress fitted as though it had been made to order. The elegant pumps with their high but not exaggerated heels, the gloves, handbag, and the pretty straw hat complemented the outfit and contributed to the picture of a well dressed lady.

How thrilled I was to see Gina's good looking image in the mirror, turning right and left, walking back and forth to try to sit down like a lady on a chair or sofa. Mrs. K. herself was quite pleased and called her husband in to see and applaud this accomplishment.

Looking back today I believe that at that time Gina probably behaved somewhat childish and perhaps a little hysterically gushing, laughing and crying all at once, just as any excited girl would do. After this went on for a while with the K.'s patiently and under- standingly watching and listening, I felt that I could no longer bear just sitting around with myself and the K.'s Something more had to be done. Yes, why not go out with Mrs. K. as chaperon visiting one of the close-by movie theaters on Kurfuerstendamm?

I could see the shock in Mrs. K.'s eyes when I made that suggestion, and how she looked at her hus- band. "Impossible", she said, "What do you think the secret police would do to us if you got caught?" But I was already up in the air about this grandiose prospect. "How could they" I answered, "don't I look like a real lady?" "Didn't you say so yourself? Let's take a cab, and we will be over there quickly. Inside the theater the light will help us, and people will have enough to do with the movie and themselves.

Having an answer for all her ifs and buts, I fin- ally won. Obviously Mrs. K. herself liked the idea of going to see a good movie and, maybe, the thought f some adventure thrilled her too. We phoned for a

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