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He turned and looked at me and I could see the shock and disbelief in his face. His eyes took in my pointed high heeled shoes, sheer nylons, dress, jewelry, makeup and purse.

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"My God, he exclaimed, "what in the world are you doing dressed like that?"

I explained the Halloween party and the fire and then. asked him, "would you have preferred that I had taken the day off and bought respectable clothes and possibly lose our chances for the Rutlege contract? You told me you were presenting it to them late this afternoon and it will take several hours to ready you for this meeting.

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"Ed, you are right, he conceeded. "The important thing is to get the contract. I will admit I am glad that you came, even if you had to come dressed as a Ubangi. Let's get to work."

We worked all morning on the Rutlege project, skippe our lunch but had sandwiches brought in and by 4 p.m. we were finished with our work.

As Phil put the completed outline in his briefcase, he said, "Ed, you did a terrific job with this project and sine there is nothing really rush for you to do at the office, why don't you take off for a couple of weeks and get your house in order. You will have plenty to do to just replace the things that the fire destroyed!" His suggestion made sense, and I accepted his offer.

Adele should be arriving soon to pick me up, and for- getting how I was dressed I started down the hall towards the men's room in order to freshen up. As I was closing the door behind me, I could hear one of the girls in the office inquire, "who is the woman with Phil Sims", and made a quick decision to enter the heretofore forbidden territory of the ladies' room. I was much relieved to find that the powder room section was separate from the other and sat down before the mirror, touched up my makeup and returned to my office.

Without thinking, I leaned back in my chair and put my feet up on the desk but the sight of my nylon clad legs quickly brought me back to my present condition and I

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