Far Eastern Adventure

composure, and at last she sat up and smiled over at her
benefactor.
Suddenly it was his turn to be the subject of an
examination, and he suddenly realized what an odd sight he must
be. His smooth shaven legs were carefully crossed at the knee
with his ankles touching in his best feminine manner. His
bathrobe had ridden up when he sat down revealing several inches
of the hem of his lovely pink satin nightgown. He had left his
eyebrow tweezers and make-up case on the vanity and his precious
new lipsticks, nail polish, and other sundries were completely
exposed. He glanced up in the mirror and realized that with his
wet hair slicked back the delicately curving arches of his
eyebrows were clearly inappropriate for a man.

He turned back to face his guest unsure what to do next and
was relieved to see a warm and friendly expression on her face,
rather than the accusation he had expected. She leaned forward
and thanked him warmly for saving her from that horrible man.
Her accent was flawless, but terribly British, as was everyone’s
apparently in this former colony. But there was something about
her voice that stirred him. It wasn’t quite right, there must be
something about the accent that was disconcerting he decided. It
was a bit strange to hear such a British voice coming from the
mouth of such a pretty Asian girl. He watched her clear her
throat once and watched her adam’s apple bob up and down as she
swallowed.
All of a sudden he realized what was disconcerting! This was
no she, but a man dressed as a woman. No wonder she was smiling
at him. Suddenly they both laughed out loud, and reached out to
clasp each other’s hands, recognizing the common bond which drew
them like sisters together. He found himself trembling as he
held her warm hands. He was filled with such powerful feelings
to have met someone like himself here in this city of strangers.
It was so amazing he could scarcely contain himself and suddenly
felt his emotions begin to overflow and in a minute he was
sobbing tears of joy, of amazement. To his surprise his guest
moved quickly up against him and put her comforting arms around
him. It had been so long since any one had held him in such a
tender way, he felt all of his barriers come crashing around him.