Section 16Peter’s adventures in love had so far been pretty much ofa piece with the rest of his life experiences; there had beenhopes, and wonderful dreams, but very few realizations. Peter knewa lot about such matters; inthe orphan asylum there were fewvicious practices which he did not witness, few obscene imaginingswith which he was not made familiar. Also, Pericles Priam had beena man like the traditional sailor, with a girl in every port; andgenerally in these towns and villages there had been no place forPeter to go save where Pericles went, so Peter had been the witnessof many of his master’s amours and the recipient of hisconfidences. But none of these girls and women had paid anyattention to Peter. Peter was only a “kid”; and when hegrew up and was no longer a kid, but a youth tor
