dubdobdee | wiki-illiam #104: q2

2: Who began what by:
i: recalling unusual citrous abundance?
ii: describing his subject's physiognomy with a succession of Vs?
iii: justifying the creation of a short palindromic nickname for "himself"?
iv: describing the emergence at dawn of a moustached little man with bowlegs?
v: recalling melancholy inspiration from early evening sights and sounds in a rural churchyard?
vi: suggesting that it was generally accepted that a well-heeled loner must be looking for a lady?
vii: describing a studio filled with the scents of roses, lilac and pink-flowered thorn?
viii: describing his hero facing execution and recalling the discovery of ice?
ix: recalling a send-off from family and friends at Charing Cross?
x: providing an alibi for the white kitten?

q1 here: don't let anatol do it all!

the rules as they have evolved:
a: nice full answers and anecdotes if poss
b: say if googled or no; leave time for non-googlers to play
c: obviously look ahead at future questions if you want
d: don't bring in confirming or dissenting answers from other fora until next set is up and running

DDD semispoilers: I know vi and x and possibly iv, and the theme unless it's subtle