7/7 But the very appearance of poverty seems to act as a reproach on some of the rich--at least why else are they so anxious to get it out of their sight ?--and Lord Lickmyloof--that was not his real title, but he was better known by it than by the name of his land: it came of a nasty habit he had, which I need not at present indicate farther--Lord Lickmyloof could not bear the sight of the cottage which no painter would have consented to omit from the landscape. It haunted him like an evil thing. |