Vacuuming the stairs was a particular challenge in the ballet boots. He was lucky he didnât break his neck. As he got to the bottom and turned the machine off, a bell rang in the sitting room. He tottered over to the mirror. His petticoats were considerably ruffled after the hoovering and the seams of his pink stockings needed straightening.
When he entered the sitting room he curtsied. âWhat kept you?â âIâm sorry Madamâ, he curtsied again. âCome over here!â He tottered over. It seemed to take a full minute. âIâll take my tea now.â âYes Madamâ, he curtsied, frustrated that she had made him walk over just to receive that order. He tottered over to the door, turned and curtsied before he left the room.
He had to go across the hallway and down the stairs to the kitchen at the end of the corridor. There he made the tea and put two chocolate biscuits on a little plate. He started the slow journey back.
He entered the room, curtsied while clutching the tray and brought it over which took another minute. She tasted the tea. âThis is cold. What took you so long?â Frank couldnât believe it. She knew very well what took him so long. âI am sorry Madamâ, he curtsied. âWell you can make a fresh cup!â Frank wanted to die. He curtsied. âYes Madam.â
He took the tray and tried to get to the door as quickly as possible in the ballet boots. Mrs Polstead watched his petticoats flutter, giving flashes of his pink pettipants as he desperately scuttled along.
Thankfully there was more hot water in the kettle so it didnât take so long to boil and he was able to trot back in time to satisfy her. âBack to your workâ, was all she said. He curtsied. âYes Madam.â
The following week Mrs Polsteadâs niece visited with her six-year-old girl, Annie. Frank, in his normal maidâs uniform, brought tea and cakes and an orange drink for the little girl. Her mother was clearly amused at Frankâs uniform and tried not to laugh at his repeated curtsies.
âActually we will take our tea in the garden. Frances, you show Annie the old play room.â Frank curtsied. âYes Madam.â They were about to leave but Mrs Polstead turned and said âAnnie, you are in charge now. Understood Frances?â âYes Madamâ. Frank curtsied while inwardly cringing at being put in the charge of a six-year-old.
The play room had lots of old toys and dolls. Annie ordered Frank to play dolls with her. He was initially mortified but then supposed it was one of his easier chores. âLetâs have a tea partyâ, Annie decided. She arranged some dolls around a childrenâs table. âFrances bring us the tea!â she ordered. Frank curtsied. âYes Miss Annie.â He went over to get the tea set and brought it to the table. He put it down and curtsied again to six-year-old Annie.
She pretended the dolls were talking. âWhatâs that? Samantha said she would like some biscuits.â Frank turned to face the doll she called Samantha. He curtsied. âYes Miss Samantha.â He scampered off cringing. He was now talking orders from, and curtseying, to a doll!
Annie seemed to be happy playing with him so the next time her mother was away for a day they arranged a play date. Mrs Polstead and his mother agreed that Annie would probably enjoy it more if Frank was dressed more appropriately.
Angela was sent over with his clothes for the day. She gave him the yellow dress that flared from breast level. She handed him a pair of white tights and smiled broadly as she produced the matching frilly panties. Frank cringed as he pulled them on over his tights in front of his grinning younger sister. Then she gave him the lace-topped ankle socks and the low-heeled Mary Janes.
Next she took out the pinafore and insisted on pulling it over his arms herself and tying it tightly at the back in a big bow. Then Frank had to sit there while his sister worked his hair into two pigtails, humming happily as she did it. Then she topped it off tying large yellow ribbons onto the end of his pigtails.
He didnât understand why they had to make him look so sissy when Annie just wore a t-shirt and jeans again. She giggled when she saw Frank in his pretty dress and pinafore and his beribboned pigtails.
When she first caught a glimpse of his frilly panties she laughed and held the back of his dress up to get a proper look. He just had to take it, afraid of the consequences of saying boo to her.
He certainly felt a lot more comfortable in his pretty dress, tights and low shoes than in his maidâs uniform. He wondered if he had made the wrong choice the last time he was dressed in such a juvenile fashion.
But as a maid, he was well away from people, whereas if he had to attend school while spending the weekends in sissy dresses he would be tormented by the girls. He couldnât make up his mind which was worse. How long could they get away with dressing him like a six-year-old? Where was that leading?
Anyway, he spent the day playing with dolls and the doll house and the doll tea set. He was under strict instructions to give the impression that he was having great fun. Angela stayed around for the morning enjoying watching her big brother in his pretty dress, pinafore and pigtails happily playing with dolls. She took out her phone and started taking videos. Frank cringed inwardly but had no choice but to smile and hold up his dolly to the camera when Angela told him to.
There were breaks from the dolls so she could teach him skipping. Angela videoed that too, crouching to take it from a low angle. Frank didnât think that was necessary as his dress ballooned up every time on his descent, undoubtedly revealing most of his frilly panties. Frank had to keep telling himself that this was better than being trussed up in his corset, suspenders and high-heels and having to do housework. Mrs Polstead seemed to enjoy watching them play too as she sat on the patio with her cup of tea.