"It was always the _prince_, in fairy tales, who held my interest
or affection. I was constantly falling in love with handsome boys
whom I never knew; nor did I ever try to mix in their company,
for I was abashed before them, and had no liking nor aptitude for
boyish games. Sometimes I played with girls because they were
more quiet and gentler, but I cared for them little or not at
all.
"As is usually the case, my parents neglected to impart to me any
sexual knowledge, and such as I possessed was gathered furtively
from tainted sources, bad boys' talk at school and elsewhere. My
elders let me know, in a vague way, that talk of the kind was
wicked, and natural timidity and a wish to be 'good' kept me from
learning much about sexual matters. As I never went to
boarding-school, I was spared, perhaps, many of the degrading
initiations administered by knowing boys at such institutions.
"In spite of what has been said above, I do not believe that I
was sexually very precocious, and even now I feel that more
pleasure would ensue from merely contemplating than from personal
contact with the object of my amorous attentions.
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