of new people came into his life overnight. There was some – one to teach him etiquette and some one to teach him to walk gracefully and some one to teach him propor speech. Gay's life was a turmoil. What did they want of him? Why couldn't they just leave him alone? He was completely bewildered. At first he refused to have anything to do with the preparations and would stride around in frustration while his instructor nagged at him to take his hands out of his pockets. He glared at the lady who tried to show him how to hold his fork delicately "as a young lady of royalty should". But the final blow was when they mado him discard his beloved riding breeches in favor of a lovely silk gown. Dismayed, he stood before the mirror, stamped his foot and declared that he didn't want to "look like a beautiful young princess".

But no one seemed to have any sympathy for Gay's situation and he finally decided it would be simpler to cooperate and get the whole miserable ordeal over with. So he tried very hard, and on the day of "Princess Gay's" presentation, he she managed to get through the oeremonies without appearing too clumsy. All in all, it was a humiliating experie no e for him-her, and oven after her presentation, she was seldom seen in public. (This was due mainly to the fact that she had to wear some silly gown even to drive through the streets in the royal carriage. The few times when she did go out, it was by the back way and in peasant-boy's clothes, so she wouldn't be recognized.) Unfortunately, Princess Gay's shyno sa only created an intriguing aura of mystery around her.

After the royal presentation, when all the fuss was over, Princess Gay could relax a little. But her peace did not last long. Foreign kings had begun to notice the young princess of Negle otland and thought that she would be a good match for their marriageable young princes. Suitors came from far and wide to beg for her hand in holy matrimony. At first, she managed to find some fault with each of her would-be fiances. But the King and Queen, who wore ambitious of making political allies by the marriage of their many sons and daughters to other royal families, urged Gay to choose one of the young princes for her husband. You can imagine how distressing this was to Princess Gay, who was still Pri noo Gaylord in spite of his physical

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