Possible Clues:

• ''I wandered ... as a cloud'' (Wordsworth)
• Friendless
• In need of companionship working in large cathedral city
• Unaccompanied artist holds on
• Left cathedral site after working without support?
• Seeking company, maybe
• Pine endlessly, coming to Cambridge city in need of company
• In need of a friend, say
• Pining for company
• See a girl disheartened and isolated