They left the townhouse as Doris explained: “Appearances are
very important for a man who is passing himself off as a woman.
What someone first perceives is the way they are going to think of
you, 99% of the time. If they see a woman, then they are going to
think ‘woman’ even if your voice is a tad low. But in your case,
the first contact a lot of people are going to have with you is
over an airplane’s radio. So your voice has to convey that you
are a woman.
“You might say we are going into phase two of your training
here.”
“Which is?”
“Female training. You’re going to take deportment lessons.
We aren’t going to teach you how to act like a woman. An act can
fail under stress. So we are going to teach you to BE a woman.
There will be sessions with image consultants, the voice coach,
and some time out in the real world.