He would pull endless wires in order to meet some man who admired his work and was able and anxious to be of use to him-- and would proceed to make a mortal enemy of him with some idiotic and wholly uncalled-for exhibition of arrogance and bad manners.

• 他会用各种手段去结识那些崇拜他的作品、有能力而且乐于帮助他的人，随后，他那拙劣、毫无缘由的傲慢与怪癖，又会为自己树死敌。