It’s a bitter/sweet reality and Billy knows he’s only pretending to be a girl, but he can’t deny that he enjoys it more than he’d like to admit. One day his reality will be over and he’ll go home and everything will go back to normal; no more dolls, no more dresses, no more pretending to act all girlie or learning to be a lady, and no more corset!
Alice celebrated her 10th birthday in early April and Mrs Postlethwaite hosted a party in her honor. She even bought Alice a new dress which Alice described as ‘the prettiest she’d ever seen. With a house full of school friends and various parents, Mrs Postlethwaite was definitely in ‘nice’ mode for the day, but things quickly went back to normal once the guests had left. The children were put to work clearing up after the party, cleaning the kitchen and reception rooms, and scrubbing the floors, before being brutally scrubbed themselves in the small tin bath.