IwasletbrieflyintohishistorybyFrankBracebridge。Hewasan
oldbachelor，ofasmallindependentincome，which，bycareful
management，wassufficientforallhiswants。Herevolvedthrough
thefamilysystemlikeavagrantcometinitsorbit；sometimes
visitingonebranch，andsometimesanotherquiteremote；asisoften