284 Life and Times of " The Druid" 



come, obliged him to remove to a smaller 

 house in Warwick Gardens, his one source of 

 regret was the loss of his ''live stock." His 

 wife and children still entertain a vivid and 

 tender remembrance of him, as he stood 

 beneath the mulberry tree on the eve of the 

 flitting, and exclaimed, with a suspicion of 

 tears in his voice : lt How shall I be able to 

 bear my pain and trouble when deprived of 

 this dear old garden, and the dogs, rabbits, 

 ferrets, pigeons, and doves ? I love them 

 every one, even down to the little tame mice 

 that run so fearlessly over my feet." 



"The Druid" had an innate respect for 

 true and genuine piety, even when accom- 

 panied, as it sometimes is, by a feebleness ol 

 intellect. On one occasion, his young sons, 

 purely out of mischief, stigmatised some half 

 dozen of the clergy and other special friends 

 of their mother, as "muffs!" Rising from 

 the table, and demanding silence, he said 

 wrathfully : " Boys ! The Kingdom of Heaven 

 will be largely composed of muffs, and 1 

 earnestly pray that I may find entrance 

 amongst them." He was very reserved on 

 religious subjects, even with his wife ; but 



