Chapter 38 Literati's study (3)

Friends urged him to tell them about the exception.After a little hesitation, he said: "Come on, I'll just say it. I was standing at the entrance to Ryde Hill the other day. A man came up and said, 'Sir, did you see my wife coming from here? Passed?' And I said, 'What, my man, I didn't know you had a wife till now.'" One thing says a lot about Wordsworth's vanity.It is said that when he got reports that Waverley's next novel would be "Rob Roy," the poet recorded it in his "Lyric Ballads" and read "Rob Roy" to his accomplices. Tomb of theThen he said gravely: "I don't think Mr. Scott could have said anything better on the subject."

Wordsworth and Dickens hated each other from the bottom of their hearts.Someone once asked Wordsworth what he thought of the young novelist, and Wordsworth replied: "Well, I'm not very used to gossiping about people I know. But since you ask, I'll have to To be honest, I think he's a blah lad - but I dare say he's probably pretty smart. Mind you, I don't mean to give him shit because I haven't read a single line of what he wrote. " Later, the same questioner asked Dickens if he liked Wordsworth. "Like him?" cried Dickens. "The devil likes him. He's a nasty old jackass!"