[UA] Thoughts on the Freak and Dirk Allen

[Joe Littrell]

At 02:43 PM 3/29/2003 -0800, nick wedig wrote:
>Incidentally, the description of the Freak as a Cold War spy reminds me
>of a Renaissance or Enlightenment era spy who dressed as a woman.  When
>he/she died, several doctors inspected the body, and half left
>convinced that he/she was a man, and half were convinced he/she was a
>hermaphrodite.  Sadly, the name escapes me right now.

Chevalier d'Eon?

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