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waspie seemed to support the abdomen and eased the pain considerably. Not long after, the next step was achieved. When I mentioned that the slacks were too tight in the groin, the women immediately suggested that I might as well wear skirts. I felt I should protest a little, but they said that they could see no difference in degree between one item of women's wear and another. If I could wear girl's slacks without embarrassment I could also dress in skirts.

On then went the skirts. From then on it was a short stage to lingerie and feminine nighties, and meanwhile they encouraged me to comb my hair down in a girlish manner (for the benefit of any farmhand who might be working the family's fields and catch sight of me in the garden). I put on trousers and brushed back my hair again a few weeks later when Betty drove me to London for my post-operation examination by the surgeon. I was pronounced fit and discharged from the NHS, and Betty drove me back to the farm. It was the last time

I was to wear trousers for quite a while.

With my scar now healed, I realized that I must now return to London, find accomodations and seek employmen However, the women would not hear of it. Betty had told them that my digestive upsets were due to nerves, and (which was quite true) that the doctor had advised me to have a holiday and a long rest if it was at all possible. They insisted that I stay with them for a while longer, reassuring me that I was not imposing on them. The help I could give would pay for my keep. Also Nicola said that she was finding it difficult to work at her job in town and to give proper attention to her turkeys. Along with this she wished to go to Spain for a holiday later in the summer. She also made a proposition that I raise a flock of turkeys for the Christmas market, from which I could make a profit of about $150.00 which could be used to buy some decent clothes and keep me while I found a good job.

I was won over by the soundness of these arguments, and of course by the prospect of wearing feminine clothes for a while longer, and so readily agreed. When I sug- gested cautiously that perhaps I should stop wearing skirts since I would now be spending several months with them,

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