- In between travel trips Wilcock ran into a woman at a party who lived with an artist manqué, Walter Bowart.
manquéman‧qué /ˈmɒŋkeɪ $ mɑːŋˈkeɪ/ adjective 
artist/actor/teacher etc manqué someone who could have been successful as an artist etc, but never became one
artist/actor/teacher etc manqué someone who could have been successful as an artist etc, but never became one