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with her carefully arranged blonde curls to all their friends along the quay and in front of the clubhouse. But finally they managed to break away, with the promise set in more than one mind that a visit to the Porters was in quick order for the future.

With the introduction of Helen Porter into the household, Kate found herself running into many unforeseen difficulties. The servants, accepting Helen for what she was, immediately began to treat her in the same way that they treated Cathy, which soon had Cathy's nose out of joint. Then too, Helen's meagre wardrobe had to be supple- mented if she were to stay any length of time with the Porters, and that took up a lot of Kate's valuable time, since Cathy wouldn't help at all. Helen was so quiet and polite, even helpful, to Kate, never pushing herself forward and accepting all Kate's suggestions without question. It was when she was buying some more sensible lingerie, white slips and panties, rather than the bright, frilly stuff which caught Helen's eye, that it occurred to Kate that Helen was reacting to her in the same way that Eleanor had demanded Kenneth relate to her-obedience at all times. It explained a lot about him and why he was as he was.

Panti-hose were a revelation to Helen. She'd never seen such before and quite obviously preferred her garter belts. "More feminine," she'd blushed when Kate had smilingly asked her why she wanted to buy nylons as well. Kate could see that beach wear, the general costume of the Bahamas, was going to be a problem for Helen. She helped "her" buy many open bathing suits with short, frilly skirts, or else backless, and tried to avoid the bikinis that Helen wanted so much. New dresses, slips, lingerie, makeup and two beautiful blonde wigs of about his former sun-bleached color were bought in short order. Kate also made a special trip without Helen to a shop that specialized in foundation garments, and so was able to produce a pair of more realistic falsies than the padded bras Helen had worn to that time.

As she made her purchases, however, Kate began to feel more and more guilty about what she was doing. She had intended and wanted to help Kenny become more masculine, but all the time, it turned out that she was only helping him to become more and more credible as a woman. It was nice, too, to have the very feminine Helen around. She was unfailingly sensitive to Kate's moods and matched her own actions accordingly. She was also good at disappearing in the big house, so that, after ten days, Jim Porter had to ask where she was, not

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