He had two rooms in a house in Russell Square.

He breakfasted at half-past nine and read till four, when he went down to his club and talked, or strolled in the park.

He made hardly any engagements, except for the evening; and admitted hardly anyone, except two or three friends, to see him at his rooms, and then only after one o'clock, before which hour he was absolutely invisible.

He was so dreadfully angry with his landlady for showing a gentleman in once in the middle of the morning, that she literally refused ever to do it again.

"He's a good regular lodger, sir, and doesn't think of money, but he said to me, 'Mrs.Laing, I _don't choose to be disturbed_ before one.