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love, or have better deserved it,' and few men have 

 been more loved by those outside his home. He had an 

 unlimited capacity for loyal, true-hearted friendship. 

 As one most truly said, ' Romanes was the most loyal 

 of friends.' 



There was something womanly in the tenderness 

 which he felt for anyone in trouble of mind or body, 

 and he was — what perhaps is even more rare — always 

 ready to put aside his own work to help other people. 

 He never grudged time or trouble to write letters or 

 testimonials ; he was always ready to go and see 

 people who were sad or lonely ; he was never too 

 busy to be kind. He was intensely loved by those 

 who served him, and few have been better served. 

 There were very few changes in his household, and 

 no one was ever more unwilHng to give needless 

 trouble, to find fault without cause, than he, or more 

 read}- to be really grateful for the iingrudging and 

 loving and devoted service he received. ' You were 

 the nicest master I ever served,' \\Tote a gamekeeper. 

 ' To think I have hved for fifteen years with him 

 and never heard a cross word,' was said the day he 

 was taken from his home. In money matters he was 

 generous and almost lavish in readiness to give and 

 also to lend. 



In Mr. Eomanes there was a certain chivalrous 

 temper which could be roused to strong indignation 

 where it was encountered by injustice and oppression, 

 and the following letter to the ' Times ' is one of 

 many such : 



To the Editor of the ' Times: 



Sir, — On several previous occasions I have been 

 instrumental in obtaining remission of grievous sen- 

 tences at the pohce-courts by simply drawing atten- 

 tion in your correspondence columns to the cases as 



