I was praised for my makeup and my hair while all the ladies helped me with the right intonations with my voice, fully accepting Rose's explanation that I wanted them to do that! They seemed to delight in saying the most awfully girlish things to one another, making limp wrist actions too, which I had to do, just like them.
I think I cried most nights, maybe it was every night. I told Rose that they all knew I was a boy. Rose assured me that not one of them did. Not ever my mother knew what she, Rose, was doing to me" Oh but when she does see you," said Rose, "Annie's going to be so delighted with what she sees. She's going to love her new daughter so much that she's going to give you a big hug right away, you will see."