At first he did not seem very happy at Slighhouses but evidence from a letter he wrote to his friend George Clerk Maxwell (the great great grandfather of James Clerk Maxwell) in 1755 suggests that the cause might well have been a love affair which went wrong.
Sa unang siya ay hindi mukhang tunay masaya sa Slighhouses ngunit katibayan mula sa isang sulat wrote siya sa kanyang mga kaibigan George Clerk Maxwell (ang great great grandfather ng James Clerk Maxwell) sa 1755 nagmumungkahi na ang mga maaaring maging sanhi ng mabuti ay isang pag-iibigan na kung saan nagpunta mali.