Barlow winked at Sarah and putting on a more business-like face said, "Now get back to work. I believe you have a presentation to give."Sarah was jolt...d back to reality when she realised how she had left Jane to complete the presentation and hoped that Deirdre was out there helping her." She sat up on her knees and then eased herself into a standing position.Mrs. Barlow stood up and stepped back into her knickers flattening out her dress and looking pretty much as she did when she walked into. "Right," she began. "I've got a few forms for you to sign and then there are a couple of other matters to sort out before you leave, Heather." OK," Heather replied and she spent the next few minutes signing her name on various bits of paper as directed by Miss Grey. Once she had finished Miss Grey collected the papers together and put them in a drawer before once again addressing Heather." That's the paperwork done which just leaves two other matters to deal with, the first being your uniform,. Just need a little time to do some quality control. Sashi,are you seeing any indication of this?" A few ripples in the field," she answers in her musical East Indianaccent, "but it is stable so far. Density is 88%." Good. With a little luck, we can..." He's interrupted by a buzzing andthen a flash from the main emitter.My screen goes dead. An acrid smell burns my nose as smoke rises from thecone-shaped emitter on the gray box beneath Dr. Manning's keyboard."Sashi!" says Dr. Manning. "What are. It was strange, somehow I had become a girl and found myself being accosted by a man whom I had no idea who he was! I had a good reason to believe that he and I... well, my female self, were married, yet was it possible that any of this could actually happen? Or was it all a dream? "Surely that was it! It was all just a dream!" I gasped as I rolled onto my backside. I sat down on the ground, slowly drew my shirt closed, and used my arm to wipe the water from my face and neck. I could still.