“During the holidays, in my last year at school, I had gone to the Royal Aquarium with a school companion.  This was followed by one or two visits to the Empire Theatre.  It was then that I first discovered that sexual intercourse took place outside the limits of married life.  On one occasion my friend talked to one of the women who were walking about.  This same friend spoke to a prostitute at Oxford. (At this time I went up to the university.) Once or twice I met this girl.  She used to ask about my friend.  My feelings toward her were a combination of admiration for her physical beauty, a sense of the ‘mystery’ of her life, and pity for her isolated position.

“On the whole, my first university term produced considerable improvement in me.  I began to be interested in my work and to read a fair amount of general literature.  I learned to bicycle and to row.  I also made one intimate friend.

“In my first holiday I went to the Empire and made the acquaintance of a girl there, W.H.  She attracted me by her quiet appearance.  I eventually made arrangements to pay her a visit.  My apprehensions consisted of:  1.  Fear of catching venereal disease.  This I decided to safeguard by using a ‘French letter.’ 2.  Fear that she might have a ‘bully.’

    “The girl showed no sexual desire; but at that time this did not
    attract my attention.

“I got very much ‘gone’ on her, paid her several visits, gave her some presents I could ill afford, and felt very distressed when she informed me she was to be married and therefore could not see me any more.

“My experiences with prostitutes cover a period of twelve years.  During three years of this period I was continually in their company.  I have had intercourse with some two dozen; in some cases only once; in others on numerous occasions.  They have usually been of the class that frequent Piccadilly, St. James Restaurant, the Continental Hotel, and the Dancing Clubs.  Usual fee, L2 for the night; in one case, L5.

    “1.  Not one of them, as far as I knew, was a drunkard.

    “2.  As a rule, they were not mercenary or dishonest.

    “3.  In their language and general behavior they compared
    favorably with respectable women.

    “4.  I never caught venereal disease.

    “5.  I twice caught pediculi.

“6.  I did not find them, as a rule, very sensual or fond of indecent talk.  As a rule, they objected to stripping naked; they did not touch my organs; they did not suggest masturbation, sodomy, or fellatio.  They seldom exhibited transports, but the better among them seemed sentimental and affectionate.

“7.  Their accounts of their first fall were nearly always the same.  They got to know a ‘gentleman,’ often by his addressing them in the street; he took them about