"Mr. Emanon, if you are really prepared to offer me this proposition, all I can say is when do I start!"

"Well, Bill, perhaps you had better give this a little more thought be- fore you commit yourself entirely. You mightn't realize just how big a step this is going to be. It's not just wearing a dress and a wig during working hours. You are going to have to become a woman for the rest of your life, entirely."

"Sir, I understand. There is nothing in the world that I would enjoy more than to be able to spend the rest of my life as a woman. Long ago, I realized that I would have been much happier to have been born a girl, and although I have been successful as a man, my thoughts and desires have always been otherwise. I am sure that if you are willing to give me the job, I will not disappoint you."

"Hire him, James." said Mrs. Emanon. "I think that he is quite serious, and I doubt whether we will ever get anyone as well qualified.”

"All right. You have the job if you want it. When can you start?”

"Tomorrow morning, all I have to do is gather up the stuff at my apartment, and report for duty."

"Good, then Mr. Collins will pick you up at your apartment tomor- row and bring you out. I hope that you will be prepared for the change.”

"I'm sure, James, that Bill will make a lovely girl, and I'll start his transformation first thing tomorrow. He seems to be about the same size as me, so we shouldn't have too much trouble." Mrs Emanon observed.

Bidding them goodnight, we returned to the city, for me to spend my last night as a man. Begging off another drink, I accepted a ride home, packed, and made all my preparations for the next day. I forced myself to sleep, so that the new dawn could come all the faster.

Mr. Collins picked me up as promised, at ten o'clock, and drove us out to the house. Mrs. Emanon met us at the door, and escorted me in.

"Do you have all your suitcases?"

"Yes, ma'am, everything that I own."

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