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server". So off again and eventually I tracked this down in microfilms of the Observer in a library. Nearly there because the letter gave the box number. I wrote to it that very day and in due course Sylvia replied and in a month or so Jacquelaine was a member of Beaumont No. 235.

Well, that was in December of 1970 and the many months that have followed have been so very memorable and delightful for me. I have met so many really lovely people who were immediately understanding and helpful, as well as being such charming ladies. I have been over to Dublin a couple of times and stayed with Margaret and Alga, and what really lovely people they are Then I have met Margaret Elizabeth and Jackie and Phil with whom I am working in arranging the dinner for the 24th Sept. which we hope that you will be attending. I have even had a business trip to Copenhagen when I met Erna and Evy and had a gorgeous time. They booked me in one of their very understanding hotels where Jacquelaine came out of her suitcase for two whole days. That is a story in itself which seems like a dream to me. I really came alive as I steadily allowed my femmeself to take over and emerge. I had done quite a little shopping before the trip for spring clothes and was able to give them an airing. Although through the years I have owned one or two things I have never had such a lovingly chosen and complete wardrobe, and this has been one of the real joys for me to be doing shopping for Jacqúelaine.

So now you will know how much your last trip to Europe has done for me in opening up a whole new world for me. One in which I can really feel that I belong and where I can be happy being just as I have always dreamed that I might be one day.

Like most of your FPE girls I suppose, I am married with a lovely wife, who is sublimely unaware of Jacquelaines existance which is quite a problem for me, but not one that I think should be imposed on her at this juncture. I'm 46 and my daughter gets married in four weeks, and my son is 17 and finishing high school. Jacquelaine lives in two suit- cases and a wig box in a wardrobe in my office for a good part of the time, but quickly shakes the dust off when she gets out.

Looking forward to hearing from you and more particularly to seeing you again.

Yours ever, Jacquelaine Andrews