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limousine with some of the group among whom was a doctor and his wife from No. Calif. and their 4 daughters of various ages. I got to kidding around and having fun with the kids as well as talking with the parents. We had a good time. So, in the after- noon I was standing around waiting for the limousines to be loaded when the same Dr. came up and said, "Would you like to ride with us again Virginia, we enjoyed your company this morning." I was pleased with this and said that I would. As there were a few minutes more to wait he asked me the $64 question of where I practiced, etc. So I took him and his wife off a bit out of earshot of the kids and told them the facts. They were quite amazed and interested and said they wouldn't have known if I hadn't told them. Two days later on Maui this same Dr. invited me to have cocktails with him and got so interested in the matter that he invited me to have dinner with the family. We got to be very friendly.
After Kaui we flew to Maui. Here I stayed at the Kaanapoli Hotel about 1/4 mile down the beach from The Sheraton Maui where most of the group stayed. I'd walk over there to see and be seen. The second afternoon I rented a face plate and snorkel and swam out to the point to watch the coral fish. This was a fascinating experience. Here I was watching these beautifully colored fish and I was myself wear- ing a beautiful 2 piece shocking pink bathing suit. I liked to think (though I knew better) that I too was beautiful like the fish and the coral. A girl of about 17 swan out with her father and they brought along a piece of 2 inch pipe. After while the father got tired and swam back leaving us two girls coral hunting. We managed to break off a lot of pieces, 2 of which now reside on my mantel..Virginia's first trophies of the hunt. Everytime she'd break off a piece I'd put it inside the trunks of my suit since I needed hands free for holding on, clearing the face plate etc. As a result when we finally swam back to the beach and I emerged from the water I looked like I was pregnant with a porcupine--lumps and points sticking out all over my tummy. My psychiatrist friend whom I had left sunning himself on the beach thought that some-
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