I phoned the professor at USC, mostly as a courtesy to him, informing him of my two contacts, and the results. He told me to be patient, there would c...rtainly be more interest in the vases once word had gotten out about their condition, and their availability for sale. When I pressed him for an estimate of their possible value, he reluctantly told me he had never seen a better example of one of the vases. To a private collector, having the best example of a type or a period was more important. “Are you saying something is wrong with sexual pleasure?”Betty opened the door and we went through it together, as we saw mom.“Didn’t you hear me yell?”“Sorry, Mrs. Thornberry,” Carly said.“That’s my fault, Mom ... We were all talking and didn’t want to stop,” I said.“Well, come on down, I’m fixing spaghetti and meatballs, your father’s favorite. You girls need to freshen up a little,” she said pointing to her own lips.She pulled me through the door, and we walked down to the kitchen. “Looking. I knew that I was doomed. Luckily for me, at least Ithought so at the time, she thought I was being silly and said so. But shealso said, "Okay Robert, if you want to be a girl, I will let you be onefor the rest of the week." I took the name Robyn and spent the rest of theweek - 4 glorious days, playing with her acting like a girl whenever wewere alone. I got to dress once or twice, but only for a few minutes. Ifelt so happy and content, but it all ended too quickly. I do not thinkanyone knew. Sally often joked that my obsession with cleanlinesswas the main reason she married me, as she hated housework herself.Or was it the continual acting, immersing myself in a part, verynearly 24-7? I was sure that was a big part of it. I was never goingto be a professional actor now, but this was a great substitute - theopportunity to fool people and make them think I was somebody else -even a working-class immigrant girl - so different from my real self,the married male IT professional and.