ROBERT, COUNT OF FLANDERS, called “The Son of St. George.”
Thus drawn by John Baptist Vrints, of Antwerp.
[1] Between May and October, any letters meant for me should be addressed to Brantwood, Coniston; between October and May, to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. They must be very short, and very plainly written, or they will not be read; and they need never ask me to do anything, because I won’t do it. And, in general, I cannot answer letters; but for any that come to help me, the writers may be sure that I am grateful. I get a great many from people who “know that I must be good-natured,” from my books. I was good-natured once; but I beg to state, in the most positive terms, that I am now old, tired, and very ill-natured. [↑]
FORS CLAVIGERA.
LETTER XVII.
Florence,
1st May, 1872.