breath. Charlie, too frightened to be angry at her amusement, tried to rise again. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she told him that she wouldn't tell anyone. She untangled the panties and hose and slippers, remov- ing them, and helped him to his feet.
"If you're interested in girl's clothes, let's do this right, and get you into something that will fit, "Thel- ma said, adding, "I'll measure you so we'll know what sizes we need."
During the measuring and subsequent dressing she explained to him that she had become suspicious when Christine had denied getting Thelma's lingerie, and said her things had been disturbed, too. Thelma had then spied on him till she was almost certain what he was doing. When he had disclosed his intention to stay home today, she quickly had decided to bring things to a head as soon as she returned from the beauty shop. Finding him dressed as he was made it easier.
"But what about your date?" he asked.
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"This is it, she answered, her eyes shining as she helped him dress.
First he put on a pair of Christine's sheer briefs, which fit his hips like a glove; then to Thelma's room for one of her bras, a wired one into which she stuffed some hose to fill it out; back to Christine's room, and a lacy half slip and a slim blue skirt, which he could feel pressing against his hips as he walked back to Thelma's room, where she helped him put on a pull- over sweater and a pair of hose with roll on garters which were the fashion at that time. She then put makeup on him and combed his hair to look like a boy- ish bob. For the first time he noticed that Thelma's hair had been cut extremely short.
When he had slipped his feet into a pair of Thel- ma's high heels, she helped him walk around the room a bit, then took him to the hall mirror. The pressure of the tight skirt against his hips and the side and front of his thighs gave him a pleasurable feeling.
"See what a pretty girl you are!" Thelma ex-
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