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plans, also that she would not now have to provide a room for Alan's friend. Aunt Jennifer said she was happy with the new arrangement as she had worried somewhat as to how she was going to accommodate the extra guest they had planned to bring. Their house was not overly large, but with Alan and his mother only, there would now be no problem. As far as the change in dates, this would be all right as they had no plans for going away, and further would all be on vacation during the period of their stay.

The extra time provided by these changes was to the advantage of all concerned as they had not really been prepared for the earlier start planned. In the first place neither boy had ever appeared in public dressed as a girl, and additional training would be required to achieve a degree of naturalness both in their walk and manner of handling themselves. Further, they must learn how to modulate their voices at all times, even under situations of stress or emotion, without risk of having their disguises penetrated with consequent embarrass- ment or worse. In addition, they must learn to wear their girl's clothes gracefully and convincingly. This was not as much a problem for Richard as for Alan. Richard had been wearing girl's clothes for a period of two years under his mother's careful supervision, but again this was not the same as the more critical observance they would receive in public. Although Alan never mentioned the subject, he could not help but have some disquieting thoughts as to the reception he would receive from his uncle and in particular his cousin when he presented himself to all extent and purpose, a girl. He attempted to put these thoughts behind him fully determined to live his new exis- tence to the fullest, feeling also that by the time he reached Detroit he would by then have had sufficient experience in public to react naturally to their greetings.

During this period, while the boys were going through their final period of training for complete feminization, Mrs. Wright became increasingly aware of how rapidly and completely Alan was entering into his new way of life. While at first she had welcomed the thought of having in him at the same time both a daughter and a son, she found that the feminine side of her child was rapidly displacing all signs of his masculine self. Alan now suppressed at every opportunity any sign that he was actually a boy. His mother had noticed that shortly after she substituted nightgowns for his pajamas, he had started wearing his bra with inserts to bed. When asked the reason for this practice, he said that he could no longer stand the appearance of

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