When Louis sees that Gershon is a sullen hirsute local, Henry claims he tried to help Gershon over his deviance, and agrees to try training Louis in becoming an extra man. Henry proclaims he is himself not a sexual deviant in any way, but refuses to elaborate when Louis asks him more specific questions. Without knowing this, Henry tells Louis that he kicked out his last roommate, Gershon, because he was fascinated with bondage. Louis responds to an ad from a middle-aged female "spankologist" whom he pays for treatment. Louis asks out Mary and she declines, suggesting she is seeing someone else. He also lives under the delusion that he is an "aristocrat" even though he has no wealth. Henry explains to Louis that he is an escort, a walker, an extra man, and most certainly not a gigolo because he does not take money for his services in entertaining older ladies. Louis finds a job at an environmental journal where he is immediately attracted to his co-worker Mary. Henry is a wildly eccentric sort, dancing in bizarre morning rituals that belie his age and lecturing Louis on the inferiority of women. He soon relocates to Manhattan and moves into a room with Henry, a greying but handsome older man who is so conservative that he feels women should not be educated. Louis is a young bookish prep school teacher who is relieved of his job after accidentally handling a brassiere in the headmaster's office.
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