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Betty's help had achieved one worthwhile result.

Betty had promised

I was however, in for a shock. to tell no one of my trying on dresses. I knew she had kept her word around London and that none of the students knew about me. I never dreamed that she would say any- thing about me to her sister and aunt and was not even slightly prepared for what was to happen.

I suppose they must have known prior to my arrival, but waited until I felt "at home" several days later be- fore saying anything. Then when we were all chatting around the dinner table, Aunt Iris asked, "is it true what Betty told me, that you were dressed as a girl when you were a child?'

On hearing this, I think I flushed beet red with em- barrassment, and was furious with Betty for having dis- closed this. Also I was even more upset at the thought that she might have told them about my wearing her clothes at the flat in London.

Seeing my embarrassment, Aunt Iris immediately apologized at hurting my feelings, and Nicola remarked that she did not see why I should be upset, for they could see no harm in it. Anyway, my anger subsided and since the cat was out of the bag so to speak, I answered their questions about my childhood. They were very in- terested, wanting to know my feelings about having to put on dresses and how I adapted to a boy's life again. The subject cropped up again on subsequent days as they thought of other questions on what sort of clothes I wore. How my hair was dressed, etc. I soon began to answer them without embarrassment, rather than teasing.

When I got Betty alone and asked her why she had told them about me, I also asked if they knew of any of my experiments while in her flat. She assured me that she had told them nothing of this. As to the first question she replied that I now had an opportunity to dress com- pletely as a woman while at the farm without fear of un- wanted guests, and that the suggestion would come from the women if she used the proper strategy. I was as- tonished at this, for though I must admit the idea thrilled me, I was yet terrified that the women would think me