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anxious that he should be buried here. He often 

 said, ' As the tree falls, there let it lie '. I think it 

 possible that you might attend the funeral. Pray 

 come to Upton." Mr. Whyte-Melville wished the 

 funeral to take place at St. Andrews, but Mrs. 

 Whyte-Melville was so anxious that it should take 

 place at Tetbury, that he agreed. Lady Catherine 

 was very ill at the time. As soon as I heard of 

 George's death I went to Mount Melville. Mr. 

 Melville said Lady Catherine was so ill that he 

 could not leave her. I said, " I will attend the 

 funeral and report to you all that happens ". I 

 went from London with Lord Wolverton, Francis 

 Lord Rosslyn, and Robert Grimston. 



These verses, the last written by Whyte-Melville, 

 were published in the World the day we attended the 

 funeral : 



Falling leaf and fading tree, 



Lines of white on a sullen sea, 



Shadows rising on you and me ; 



The swallows are making them ready to fly, 



Wheeling out on a windy sky 



Good-bye, Summer good-bye, good-bye ! 



Hush ! a voice from the far away 



Listen and learn : it seems to say 



All the to-morrows shall be as to-day : 



The cord is frayed, the cruise is dry, 



The link must break and the lamp must die 



Good-bye, Hope good-bye, good-bye ! 



What are we waiting for ? Oh, my heart, 

 Kiss me straight on the brows, and part : 

 Again ! again ! My heart ! my heart ! 

 What are we waiting for, you and I ? 

 A pleading look a stifled cry 

 Good-bye for ever good-bye, good-bye I 



