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off a week instead of one, even less duties than I had been doing, and, in fact, give me a life of comparative luxury. She went on to give her reasons for making the offer, flattering me by saying she wanted me there to show off to her friends. Then she said that Madame had not made the most of my inherent femininity, promising that, if I came to her, she would convert me into a really pretty girl, so that I could even walk out in public without any- one ever guessing the truth of my hidden sex. I was thrilled by what she said and agreed to come to her at the end of the month. It was not easy to leave Madame, who, true to her word, gave me my release as soon as I requested it.

At the Countess's, I found I had a room with a communicating door leading into a similar room, used by another young "girl", Edwina, who had been there for nearly a month. Edwina and I took to each other at once, and it wasn't long before we had exchanged stories. Edwina was three years younger than I, had been wearing skirts for just over a year and loved posing as a girl. As Edwin, he had been persuaded by his elder sister, with whom he lived, to dress as a girl for a party. He had been a great success and had subsquently developed a desire to dress in girl- ish things as often as possible. His sister had caught him secretly wearing her things, and, being a feminist, had sympathetically encouraged him to develop his feminine side. Now she had gone away on a world tour, and, being a close friend of the Countess, had persuaded her to allow Edwin, as Edwina, to live there during her absence. There had been one condition, imposed by the Countess, namely that Edwina should arrive at the house already dressed as a girl, should become a part-time maid there, and, above all, should live as a girl all the time. Ed- wina's sister had left him a considerable allowance, which the Countess administered on his behalf. The result was that, in addition to his maid's costume, he had a wonderful wardrobe of frocks and suits, to- gether with plenty of lovely undies, stockings, shoes,

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