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A Princess in the Age of Science: 6 / 6

At two weeks into his recovery, Georgia made a startling confession.
Nothing in Mrs. Vendall’s scientific studies could have prepared her for Georgia’s revelation,
but soon her own eyes verified the truth of the matter.

A Princess in the Age of Science: 5 / 6

“Today we have only confirmed her magnetic susceptibility. Next time,
we will begin to call forth her feminine principle, and in the following sessions
we will align that principle with each layer of her magnetic strata.”

A Princess in the Age of Science: 4 / 6

Mrs. Vendall sighed. This was the first time her concoction had failed her. By now, Georgia should not only have plunged into puberty, but nearly emerged on the other side of it. This was the experience of every other girl Mrs. Vendall had dosed. Why hadn’t it worked on Georgia?

A Princess in the Age of Science: 3 / 6

Georgia didn’t idly wait for the axe to fall. He had something like a plan.
It wasn’t very detailed or well-thought-out: it basically amounted to running away.
Some versions of his “plan” featured a pair of pants and other male clothes.

A Princess in the Age of Science: 2 / 6

Helped by the prudery of that time, Georgia had very little difficulty in hiding his condition. After all, there was only one small part of him that could give him away, and that was enveloped in a quantity of skirts that were meant to hide even the faintest suggestion of what lay beneath.

A Princess in the Age of Science: 1 / 6

“I’m not a lady!” Georgie protested.

The woman took his chin in her hand and studied his features for a moment.
“Not a lady? No, of course not. Still, once you’re cleaned up and rested,
we’ll see what you might come to be.”

A Princess in the Age of Science

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Georgie was a child of the streets of Philadelphia who nearly died in the blizzard of 1857.
His savior, Mrs. Vendall, mistook the cherubic boy for a little lost girl, and brought him to her Institute for Girls.
Georgie managed to blend in, until Mrs. Vendall tried to marry him off to a Prince out west.

 

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