'I am neither a fool nor a misanthrope, yet will I never sacrifice my feelings at the shrine of custom; the world are my associates, but not my despots.'

The Duke of S—, among many other of the literati, evidently patronised the attempts of Waldorf. He several times endeavoured to destroy the intimacy which subsisted between him and / Lok: but though he was unsuccessful, he did not, with many others, withdraw his friendship on that account; and this was the more singular, as the Duke was known to be a rigid Catholic – stern, austere, bigotted, and revengeful; yet he treated Waldorf with affability, and introduced him to his family.