He formed a platonic friendship with a lady some years older than himself, who lived in Kensington Square; and nearly every afternoon he drank tea with her by the light of shaded candles, and talked of George Meredith and Walter Pater.

他与住在肯辛顿广场的一位比他大几岁的女士建立了柏拉图式的友谊。几乎每天下午，他都在遮蔽的烛光下和她喝茶，谈论乔治·梅雷迪思和沃尔特·佩特。