It was puzzling. I supposed I could have gone further—made my skin glow with tanning agent,
scented myself with a spray made from chemicals manufactured in a laboratory, distilled from plants and animal parts.
I did not want to do that. I picked up my new bag and locked the door behind me.
For safety and security reasons, I had specified that I should be collected from a location on a main road near my flat
rather than disclose my home address, and an unprepossessing vehicle drew up outside the building at the correct time.
The driver glanced quickly in the rearview mirror as I slid into the seat behind him, next to Raymond.
It took a while, as I was conscious of my dress, trying to make sure that it did not reveal more of my legs than it was designed to.
Everything took so long. Before, I’d simply bathed, run a comb through my hair and pulled on my trousers.
Being feminine apparently meant taking an eternity to do anything, and involved quite a bit of advanced planning.
I couldn’t imagine how it would be possible to hike to the source of the Nile,
or to climb up a ladder to investigate a malfunction inside a particle accelerator, wearing kitten heels and ten denier tights.
It was hard to gauge the full effect of Raymond’s outfit, but it was apparent, even from this position,
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