would be forbidden to kiss him in public, or to hold hands during their walks through the park. Little things, like the way they looked at each other when they met, would be frowned upon by this society. Nothing would be as it is now. She would have to wear his ring in secret, or disguised as a friendship ring. And she couldn't tell Aunt Lila about him, any more than Angie could tell her about Paula. She would have to sneak around. The very thought of sneaking around with Bob made her shudder. There was something so nasty about it, so dishonest; and yet, she knew in her heart that she would do it if she had to; if there were no other way of being with him, she knew she would sneak around. She thought of all the things that would be changed; and she remembered what Angie had said about "Heterosexual books, heterosexual movies, heterosexual billboards, even...," and she thought of the se things as they would be in the new Homosexual Society. The man-and-woman relationship would be nonexistent; on covers of magazines, on billboards, on movie posters, homosexual lovers. And she and Bob? What about her relationship with Bob? How different it would be! She longed for babies...Bob's babies...but in this new society she could never openly admit that she was giving birth to Bob's children; and she could never name then "Junior;" there would be no "Junior." Childbirth would be scientific and cold. And she could never call herself: "Mrs. Robert Weston;" it would be illegal. And there would be no home-life for them. They could never live together unless they disguised their relationship. And everything she wanted would lose its honor, and its dignity, and its tradition. "Til death do us part" would belong to Angie and Paula, not to her and Bob. She turned over on her side and held the pillow close to her mouth to stifle her sobs.

III

"I've decided that you don't have to go, Angie, not if you don't want to, honey. I understand."

"Oh, Dotty...I'll go. I was a little edgy last night. I'm sorry. I really want to go, Dot. I didn't mean what

I said."

"Well, it would be better all around if you did go,