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he wished fervently he had stayed at the cottage. His nervousness increased when several small boys approached but his thumping heart slowed a little when they walked by without bothering to look at him. Several times during the next hour, Jim had anxious moments when different people approached and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Elaine appraoching, laden with bags and packages which she tossed casually on the rear seat. With his nerves on edge, Jim was in a hurry to return to the seclu- sion of the cottage and he pressed her to leave immediately. Elaine assured him he had no need to worry, only his voice could give him away and they could work on that during the next four days. Back at the cottage, Jim excitedly helped her to open the parcels and was surprised to find she had brought almost everything he would have purchased. Two dresses, several skirts and blouses and a variety of undies were unpacked. Jim spent a very pleasant couple of hours trying on each garment. For the re- mainder of the day he wore a full-skirted candy striped shirtwaister but Elaine insisted he continue to wear her narrow skirted slip, pointing out it would prevent him from taking any long masculine strides and force him to walk with dainty feminine steps. They also discussed the question of a name for his new self and finally decided that for the remainder of the week Elaine would call him Sandra.

The next four days passed very quickly, each day Jim helped her with the chores and the rest of the time they devoted to training Jim in how to pass as a woman. He had told Elaine that he intended to spend as much time as possible dressed in women's clothes when he returned to London, and she offered to teach him all she could. Eager to learn, he quickly became proficient at all the feminine arts and spent hours speaking into her tape recorder until he was able to modulate his voice to a soft feminine pitch.

All too quickly Saturday morning arrived, and

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