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grey slacks and a blue blouse from Lily's wardrobe, and dressed in them. He wore a padded girdle and bra, and with his wig he made a very good looking young woman wearing slacks. He found some ladies rubber boots which he wore, and ventured out to the roof garden where he kept himself busy all the afternoon weeding and trimming the vines and flowers. No one saw him, but he enjoyed himself, and tried to imagine he was a woman doing her gardening.

Lily didn't seem to notice any of her vast wardrobe was missing. Each week she would come home with some new piece of apparel. She already had dozens of all the clothes any woman needed, but she kept buying more. It was fortunate for Eddie, as he could "borrow" almost whatever clothes he wished and Lily never noticed.

In the privacy of his room Eddie experimented in applying his make-up, and now with the 'help of cos- metics was able to change his masculine looking face to that of a very handsome woman.

In the evenings when Lily was not in, which she very seldom was, Eddie dressed in a complete feminine cos- tume and made himself at ho ne in the apartment. He studied the books on feminine poise and posture, and put in practice much that he learned.

Eddie was lonely and he longed to go out "in dress" but didn't dare. Several times he was tempted to appear before Lily dressed as a handsome woman, but he lacked the courage to do so.

One day a month after Eddie had started working there, Lily returned in the afternoon very excited and said she was going to New York on a business and plea- sure trip. She would be gone for several weeks, and wanted Eddie to stay and take care of the apartment while she was gone. She would not take many clothes with her as she would buy a complete new wardrobe in New York. Eddie wondered what she wanted with more clothes! She had enough now for two or three women.

Lily started packing what few clothes she thought she would take, but her idea of packing was not much

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