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of jewelry, perfume, cosmetics, etc.

I was staying at home at the time, and my parents were very proud of the way I had carried off the affair. My mother frequently asked me to dress up to go out with her in the evenings, which, I may say I was very pleased to do.

As I got used to going out, I often went to Cinemas by myself and made friends with girls who were not aware of my sex. During a holiday, whilst dressed in a cock- tail frock, I was introduced to a girl, to whom I took an instant liking, and felt bound to tell her who I really was. She was highly delighted, and when I said I would change to masculine clothes in order to go out with her, she protested that she preferred me the way I was. I subsequently married this girl and we have enjoyed life together ever since. She took the view that as I had an extensive wardrobe of lovely clothes that I could wear with dignity, it would be silly not to wear them, ex- pecially as they had all been tailored for me, and would not fit anyone else so well.

She is, like me. very keen on wearing the highest possible heels, and we always tried to dress as alike as we could.

Shortly after our marriage, war broke out, and I joined my Regiment. I was posted to Middle East, where I stayed for five years, and had no opportunity or desire to be anything but a good soldier, and get back to civil life. During my period abroad, our house was destroyed by bombs, and we lost all our possessions. Luckily my wife was staying with her mother at the time and escaped unharmed.

On my return at the end of the War I wanted to get out of uniform as soon as possible, but had to wait for Ration cards before I could make any purchases. My wife insisted on renewing my feminine wardrobe without delay, but, of course, it was not possible to obtain good quality clothing in postwar Britain, and we had to put up with what we could get. Nevertheless, I had a start again and we had a wonderful holiday, going the rounds of theatres, hotels, and restaurants in comfortable feminine clothing, before I settled down again to civilian work.

Daphne FK-R-1