He has disappointed us.
"Through him Robert left us.

Of his character I need not speak.

Of his ability the world speaks variably: he is an artist.

Of his morals I need only say that they are scarcely those of an English gentleman, though whether that is because he is an artist, I cannot say--I really cannot say.

I remember meeting a painter at Lord Dunfolly's,--Dunfolly is a singular fellow--and he struck me chiefly as harmless, distinctly harmless.