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eye shadow etc. When I finished I felt marvellous, but still very nervous, wondering what Catherine's reaction would be. I looked at myself in the big mirror, Here I am I thought, standing 6'2" in high heels. Do I look a freak or what?

I left the bathroom, Catherine stood with her back to me straightening a throw rug. "Here is Madeline, I announced.

Catherine turned around and started quite visibly. "My God", she said, "I don recognize you."

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"How do I look, " I asked, very serious now. "You look terrific, really beautiful.' Catherine put her hand to her forehead in apparent bewilderment. "Are you sure you are not really a woman masquerading as a man?"

I was by this time floating on pink clouds, quite overwhelmed by the compliments. "Do you think I could pass for a woman, I asked?

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"My dear boy", Catherine replied, "I wouldn't have recognized you myself if I had passed you in the street. What a marvellous job you have done with your make-up. Your lips are perfect. " She snapped her fingers as an idea struck her. "Let's go visit Doreen". Doreen is a mutual friend who lives next door. I hesitated, the distance be- tween the two houses was about 150 feet but it looked then about 150 miles. "Come on", Said Catherine, putting on her coat. "Her husband is working in the bush and there is no one else at home".

I took the plunge and stepped outside. How strange, I thought to feel the cool air around one's knees. I re- sisted a sudden impulse to run back into the house and tripped across to Doreen's.

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"My God, said Catherine, following behind, "what a wiggle you have when you walk, just like a woman's.'

I blushed but felt terribly pleased. We knocked and entered Doreen's house. Catherine introduced me as a friend of her's, from the south. I walked across the room towards Doreen who rose to greet me. Catherine suddenly

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