 Benson gently declined Walpole 's advances . They remained friends , but Walpole , rebuffed in his " excessive desire to be loved " , turned the full force of his enthusiasms elsewhere , and the relationship with Benson became less important to him . Less than two years later Benson 's diary entry on Walpole 's subsequent social career reveals his thoughts on his protégé 's progress : 
 Benson gently declined Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>advances . They remained friends , but Walpole , rebuffed in his " excessive desire to be loved " , turned the full force of his enthusiasms elsewhere , and the relationship with Benson became less important to him . Less than two years later Benson <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>diary entry on Walpole <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>subsequent social career <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>reveals</mark></a> his thoughts on his protégé <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>progress : 
Benson gently declined Walpole  advances . They remained friends , but Walpole , rebuffed in his " excessive desire to b loved " , turned the full force of his enthusiasms elsewhere , and da relationship w Benson became less important to him . Less than two yrs later Benson  diary entry on Walpole  subsequent social career reveal his thoughts on his protégé  progress :