Prologue: "Start with the fact that he was homosexual" -- Becoming a "grown up man". "A queer moment" -- Kings and apostles -- "A minority, not a solitary" -- "The spark, the darkness on the walk" -- "Ordinary affectionate men" -- "Parting with respectability" -- "A great unrecorded history" -- Happiness can come in one's natural growth. "Do not forget your ever friend" -- "Toms and Dicks" -- "A little like being married" -- "The last Englishman" -- "My dear America" -- "I favor reciprocal dishonesty" -- "The worm that never dies.".