 Moore 's work was commented on by Byron 's close friend , John Hobhouse , who noted that " Moore had not the remotest guess at the real reason which induced Lord B. at that time to prefer having no Englishman immediately or constantly near him . " Regardless of Moore 's bias against the lower class and Byron 's spending time with other boys during his times in Greece , Byron was close to Giraud while the two were together . 
