PMF当时写到Sydney和他的病妻的时候，还觉得作者是不是对男人有点太温和了，但看后面PMF写Sydney的妻子时，也说了Charlotte Mew和那个妻子关系更好，也同情她的处境，所以，应该是暗含着点对Sydney的讽刺的，但也不多（PMF的确不是女权啊，她还因为自己不够女权，被一个想把她归类为女权作家的湾湾学者抱怨过），直到看到PMF书信集里，她给编辑的一封信里，透露出她对Sydney的真实评价——
Sydney Cockerell, as you well know, was an old shit who was charming when he wanted to be a fairy godmother or cultivate famous people, although I’m afraid I haven’t been as successful in indicating this as Robert Gittings was in his Hardy.
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