At Eton, he was tormented. “I am bullied6 from morning to night,” he wrote to his father. “I am obliged7 to hide myself all evening in some corner.... I am obnoxious to all of them because I can do verses, but will not do them for the others.” In London, during the holidays, he lived in such dread of meeting his schoolmates that he avoided major streets. Eventually, Robert was withdrawn from Eton and brought home.
