Mrs. Venable describes him as a poet whose art was his sole occupation – even though he only wrote a single poem each year during the summer months and never published his work – and recounts her own previous vacations with him.
Gđa Venable opisuje ga kao pjesnika koji je tom umjetnošću bio kompletno okupiran - premda je pisao samo po jednu pjesmu godišnje i to tijekom ljetnih mjeseci, a svoje radove nikad nije objavio - te se također prisjeća svih njihovih zajedničkih putovanja.