132, 133.)] [Footnote 73: Story says that Landor "was turned out of doors by his wife and children." He had conveyed the villa to his wife.

It is Story who compares Landor to King Lear.

"Conversations in a Studio," p.

436.] [Footnote 74: Letters of E.B.B., ii.

354.] [Footnote 75: When Browning at Rome was invited to dine with the Prince of Wales (March 1859) by the desire of Queen Victoria, Mrs Browning told him to "eschew compliments," of his infelicity in uttering which she gives amusing examples.