feminine and Yvette, herself a former actress, began instructing him how to walk, talk, act, speak and generally how to conduct himself at all times in the most feminine way possible. From other theatrical friends, Yvette was able to obtain undergarments that improved the feminine illusion. Not being able to go out, nor wishing to do so, Michele proved an apt pupil and made much progress. Only French was spoken to her and she found that she had a facility for learning languages easily and progress was made in this also.

When friends would drop in to visit the Jourdan's they were told Michele was a cousin who was visiting from LeHavre but for the most part Michele stayed in her room during these early visits.

At night while she would lie in bed, strange thoughts came to her mind. Despite the danger of being captured by the Germans, she was enjoying her new role. . . helping yvette keep house, doing some of the cooking and mending, just talking with her about the things that women usually talk about. She even came to enjoy wearing her padded bra under her nightclothes as well as the wig when she retired for the eve- ning on the long shot that there might be a raid by the Germans. When awake and seeing her reflection in a mirror she saw herself only as a well dressed charming woman with none of Mike Dolan present.

On August 15th, 1943, four weeks after she first came to stay with the Jourdans the shocker came! Victor and Colette had been killed by the Germans in a major roundup of the underground but fortunately had not revealed any names of other members of the underground to the enemy. As the three friends sat down to discuss this bad news, they knew they had to come to some decision on Michele.

Michele finally spoke, "Since I cannot now be moved, I do not want to take the chance of endangering you two and I will give myself up. I promise that I will not inform where I have been hidden and by whom.” But the Jourdan's would have nothing to do with this suggestion.

"Why don't you continue the deception until the war ends or until we make a new contact with the underground?" said Yvette, "I will give you even more help than before and I am sure we can make it. Besides if you are caught the Germans have ways of making you talk!"

Michele did not take much convincing and now the training began in earnest and the precautions even greater than before. Afraid of the one thing that Michele must perform as a man, they arranged for

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