And here were breaks.

He could not have everything he wanted, and it was just as well that he should find that out.
In his next quest he found himself again opposed by his London friends.
Unable to secure a new _Alice in Wonderland_ for his child readers, he determined to give them Kate Greenaway.

But here he had selected another recluse.

Everybody discouraged him.

The artist never saw visitors, he was told, and she particularly shunned editors and publishers.