Chapter 18

The second development was the baffling change in his mind and body concerning the lasses. Leo's existing impression of females as simply a weaker version of the feminine creature, who, for their proper protection, might benefit from his important strength, was replaced by an unaccountable fascination. Even as he was marking the changes in his own body, he had started to notice the difference, most alluring, the shape of girls. How had he never before appreciated the sweetness of a pink mouth and a curved figure? How beautiful it would be to put his arms around a maiden and kiss her! In a show with these thoughts, he encountered with surprise the emotions provoked in his body.

Struggling not to shame himself, he attempted to contain his burgeoning interest in the fairer sex. Then the fantasies began and to his bafflement and humiliation, he could not control his body. On the content of this distressing dilemma, he was finally educated by the other lads of the streets, and with