He

                                                                    was very

                                                                much admired

                                                           indeed.   "  He   is   as

                                                     beautiful  as a weathercock,"

                                                  remarked   one   of   the   Town

                                            Councillors  who  wished  to  gain  a

                                       reputation for having artistic   tastes; "only

                               not  quite   so useful," he added,   fearing lest   people

                         should  think  him  unpractical,  which  he  really  was  not.