RANSVESTIA

with a silver tab. A yellow silk high-necked blouse went under the vel- vet short jacket and as the black nylons matched he decided to dispence with boots and instead chose a pair of high-cut patent pumps. Make-up was easy to apply and with a hint of dark eye shadow and a dark red lipstick he was ready and left the house for the day's shopping.

Sunday was a perfect English autumn day and Janet found herself passing the time of day with Mrs. Tulloch who was very sympathetic about James.

"Wasn't it terrible? Such a nice lad like him deserting! It must have been very hard on you having to tell the authorities but it was the right thing to do in the long run."

That afternoon Janet decised to celebrate her successful impersona- tion with an open air concert in Regent's Park and again decided to wear the knicker suit this time with a white crepe blouse and high patent leath- er boots. It was a wonderful afternoon, the band of the Coldstream Guards played a complete selection of music from pop, jazz, classical and a number of traditional marches. Janet though rather wryly that it was possible to enjoy the marches now, but a couple of weeks ago they would have driven James mad.

The afternoon was perfect and she decided to stay on and have a meal at the open air restaurant next to the concert stage while the music con- tinued. The only thing to mar a perfect day was to be alone. Janet realiz- ed that for the time being there was no one with whom she could con- fide in or share her problems. She was convinced that apart from a few female impersonators and some sex changes that had been highly pub- licized she was alone with a rather unique problem. She wanted very much to meet someone in a similar situation.

CHAPTER FIVE

A Similar Problem

Six months had passed since Janet had started her new career, and she had proved to have a highly developed aptitude for marketing. She had moved quickly from secretary / assistant to Robin Walker to Assistant Marketing Manager and as Robin had been appointed to the Board of Directors as Marketing Director she stood a very good chance of taking Robin's old position as Marketing Manager. It had been accomplished