The wicked Marquis," who abused his family, neglected his duties as a landlord, produced an ailing heir of doubtful legitimacy and made himself generally obnoxious."

"He was an idle, self-indulgent, ill-conditioned man, who found that it suited his tastes better to live in Italy, where his means were ample, than on his own property, where he would have been comparatively a poor man" - Is He Popenjoy?