A SILKEN VEST FESTOONED WITH LACE AT THE BODICE. THE USUAL STIFFLY-BONED WHITE SATIN CORSETS, THESE LACED DOWN TO THE LAST BREATHLESS INCH. ELABORATELY FRILLED WHITE LAWN DRAWERS. TWO STIFFLY STARCHED WHITE LAWN PETTICOATS. A FRILLY WHITE SATIN GIRL'S BLOUSE WHICH BUTTONED AT THE BACK.

THEN THERE WAS A PLEATED PLAID SILK GIRL'S KILT. LONG PLAID WOOL STOCKINGS WHICH TURNED DOWN JUST BELOW THE KNEES. AND A PAIR OF BLACK PATENT LEATHER PUMPS WITH SILVER BUCKLES.

GERALD SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE LAWN PETTICOATS WHISPERED MUSICALLY WITH EACH STEP HE TOOK. STANDING BEFORE A FULL-LENGTH MIRROR, HE WAS STUNNED TO SEE THAT HE APPEARED TO BE A PERFECT SISSY BOY!

GERALD CLOSED HIS EYES TO BLOT OUT THE HATEFUL SIGHT, BUT IT WAS BURNED INTO HIS BRAIN. OH, WHAT WOULD PEOPLE SAY ABOUT HIM? ALREADY HE COULD HEAR THEIR CUTTING REMARKS AND SEE THEIR SNEERS AT HIM AS HE PASSED THEM ON THE STREET.

HIS ONLY COMFORT, AND A SMALL ONE AT THAT, WAS THAT HIS AUNT TOOK HIM TO THEIR DESTINATION IN THE LIMOUSINE.

GERALD WAS TREMBLING AS THEY MOVED UP A SHORT FLIGHT OF STONE STEPS WHICH LED

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TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE. A PRETTY NURSE IN A STIFFLY STARCHED WHITE UNIFORM ADMITTED THEM, STRUGGLING TO KEEP FROM TITTERING WHEN SHE SAW HIS SISSY COSTUME.

THE NURSE LED THEM TO A SMALL WAITING ROOM AND SAID, "THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY, MADAME."

SINCE SHE DID NOT INQUIRE AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THEIR VISIT AND SEEMED TO KNOW HIS AUNT, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HIS AUNT HAD BEEN HERE BEFORE. THAT FACT BODED HIM NO GOOD, OF THAT HE WAS CERTAIN.

AND

THE NURSE SEATED HERSELF AT A TABLE BEGAN ARRANGING PAPERS ON IT. A MOMENT LATER A BUZZER SOUNDED. TO GERALD, IT WAS LIKE THE BELL OF DOOM.

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THE NURSE ROSE AND WENT TO A DOOR AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM. "THIS WAY, PLEASE, SHE SAID AS SHE OPENED IT.

"AUNTY, PLEASE! DON'T MAKE ME GO IN THERE!" GERALD IMPLORED, TUGGING ON HIS AUNT'S HAND. "I'M AFRAID!"

"NONSENSE, GERALD, COME ALONG!" SHE GRIPPED HIS ARM PAINFULLY AND PROPELLED HIM THROUGH THE APERTURE.

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