Transvestia

well it could only be her eyes don't sparkle like that over ordinary feminine telephone calls they get coldly indifferent. "Mario" she replied and then went into her "gently-coaxing" routine. "Would you mind terribly if I skipped the lobster and left you alone tonight? Sophia's out of town and Mario wants me to hostess a small business dinner for him and then, after his tiresome guests have gone, talk over the dresses for the new Spring range." (Mario is a dress manufacturer Dawn is his favorite model). I know when Dawn has made her mind up to go somewhere and I felt too luxuriously relaxed to at- tempt to dissuade her anyway. She sensed my agree- ment and went on "lets have your beautiful Big Sister act come and help me prepare. I'll knock Mario and his visitors cold." Then she added firmly, "I'll have to be specially nice to Mario afterwards too he mustn't stop thinking of me as the best girl in Johannesburg to work with and many of the models would give their eyes to have the deal I get."

picked up my wrap and

I finished my Martini, together we went in from the patio to the big softly lighted bedroom we shared. She kicked off her bone- white sandals and tossed her house-coat to me to hang up in the closet. I noted with mild amusement that the bath had already been run and her white chiffon terrace dress was lying on the bed with the remainder of what she had chosen for Mario's delect- ation - and that of his "visiting firemen". It was all scattered around in close company. Gold kid mules, matching gloves and handbag. Apparently on this warm evening she contemplated nothing else and that gown precluded the wearing of a bra anyway! However I couldn't be too censorious about that dressed as I was at the moment; but then I wasn't planning to visit the apartment of a married man in the absence of his wife and to play hostess to a bunch of strangers who would probably be more than a little "high" by dinner time. However all that was Dawn's problem and I guessed she could handle it. Anyway I wasn't sure my thoughts were entirely