As soon as something likethis happens to me, I'm just a joke."But that wasn't close to the end of her humiliation. The next day, she gotup early, star...tled again at finding herself female and not male. Resolvingto be as brave and dedicated as she'd ever been as Bart, Beatrice pulledon her Kid Flash uniform and sped out around the Central City metro area.She ran invisibly alongside police cruisers when she passed them,listening in to see if any significant calls came in. Late morning therewas. I really didn't want to because of all the attention, but they kept at me, and even the DJ got into it and coaxed me up. So up I went, and I was surprised to hear the room erupt in cheers and whistles as I walked to the center of the floor to where the other girls had gathered. Okay, I thought, I ‘ll just stand here with the group. I'm not sure what happened. I saw a bunch hands reach up. I remember laughing, and seeing the bouquet bounce a few times above the outstretched hands. I don't know. "Why not?" I was going to use 'Rick'." Go ahead." Won't he get confused?" I doubt it."Rob was busy making silly noises. "He looks very nice," said Mary."How long will they keep you?" I'm not sure. I was still bleeding an hour ago. But that's not bad. Probably till tomorrow or Tuesday. If I'm still bleeding on Tuesday, they'll think there might be something serious. But my blood pressure was good and I'm producing colostrum, so I'm OK." They must hate having a sister here," said Mary."Oh, no. I. “Show them in, Stebbings.”The footman, Stebbings, opened the door and ushered us in.Lord Lane was sitting behind a large desk and waved us into two straight back chairs placed in front of the desk.“Bring in some refreshments, Stebbings.” Lane perused us for a moment. “You look like men who would prefer ale rather than wine?” Rob and I nodded, and he continued addressing his man Stebbings. “Fetch in a pin of the Old Peculiar...” He turned back to me. “If you are not in that state when you start.