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gloves and accessories, all of which I was duly shown. When I told him of my earlier experiences, he asked me whether I had had much fun with the soldiers, when I had appeared before and among them in skirts. I said I had, for I recalled having won a bet by leading a chap on who had no idea of my true identity. But it wasn't till later that I was to learn the significance of Edwina's idea of "fun".

From the beginning, the Countess saw to it that I, too, had plenty of pretty clothes in addition to my smart maid's uniform. Edwina was the same height and build as myself, so that, when we were dressed in our similar maid's uniform, made up alike and wearing identical blonde wigs, we looked like twins. This idea of twin-ness the Countess developed in every possible way, and it pleased both Edwina and me to look alike. From the first, Edwina and I slipped in and out of each other's rooms as freely and as intimately as any two girls would have done, helping each other in lacing corsets, fastening up dresses, etc. It was not then obvious to me, though I have since come to realise it, but the Countess was succeeding in increasing our femininity by playing off each against the other, when she had either of us al;ne, by praising some feature in the other's appearance, and thus, by instilling a secret wish to want to outdo the other, making us strive hard for feminine perfection. Sometimes, too, she would reward us by giving us a gift usually dear to any girl's heart, such as a bracelet, necklace, ear- rings, etc., and a word of praise about our face, figure, legs, feet or deportment, would always re- sult in renewed efforts to please.

Thus the Countess, by her cunning, had no diff- iculty in persuading us to undergo various kinds of treatment, only needing to assure us as to how much more attractive we would look as a result. A visit- ing lady doctor took us in hand, and, in only a few months, had converted us outwardly into two pretty girls. Our ears were pierced to take long pendants;

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