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Afterward he had reason to think she
had played him false in various ways. This induced the strongest
antipathy, not only to this woman, but to all marriageable women.
A year after this episode homosexual feeling first became clear
and defined. He is now 33, and feels the same antipathy to women;
he hates even to speak of marriage.
There has only been one really strong attraction, toward a man of
about the same age, but of different social class, and somewhat a
contrast to him, both physically and mentally. So far as the
physical act is concerned this relationship is not definitely
sexual, but it is of the most intimate possible kind, and the
absence of the physical act is probably largely due to
circumstances. At the same time there is no conscious desire for
the act for its own sake, and the existing harmony and
satisfaction are described as very complete. There is no
repulsion to the physical side, and he regards the whole
relationship as quite natural.

HISTORY II.--B.O., English, aged 35, missionary abroad.


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