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than a few clothes that would fit didn't.

clothes that he'd have stolen if I

But the biggest correction I have to make is about his burning the clothes and vowing never to wear them again. I don't know when he wrote all this, but it must have been during the week or so of remorse that followed the beating. Within about two weeks, the supposedly in- cinerated clothes began to make their appearance again, first surrep- titiously, and then quite openly. By the end of three weeks, he was back in them on a full-time basis.

No, the real outcome of all of this is that I have traded a husband for a sister. She's out there not, fixing dinner for company. And when dinner comes, she'll be sporting a low-cut gown that will barely cover a set of boobs almost as large as mine — real breasts, not just a little puf- finess above a padded bra thanks to almost two years of hormone

shots.

I won't give you all the details; they constitute a story in them- selves. He started the shots, without telling me, of course, during the opening week of school. By spring, he was impotent; by summer, he needed a bra. The following fall, he resigned his teaching job and began to work—you guessed it — in a lingerie shop. At this point, he is passing quite easily, having eliminated most of the pseudo-feminine mannerisms that he first effected.

Are we still married, you ask? Legally, he's a man and legally he's my husband. But you'd never suspect. He goes by the name of Bever- ly, a name his mother thoughtfully gave him, and his appearance is en- tirely feminine. When we appear together now, we are taken as sisters.

And why don't I divorce him? If the right man comes along, I probably will. For the time being, however, I am content. I don't have somebody always pawing at me, wanting a quick lay. And I do have somebody to take on all the womanly chores I never really liked. He likes to cook and iron and mend and get ready for parties. We go to shows and have friends mostly new ones - and do all of the things we used to do except make babies. I never expect to find another hus- band with all those qualities.