﻿Roland 
  Trimen. 
  

  

  xxvu 
  

  

  and 
  of 
  Madagascar. 
  The 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  butterfly 
  awoke 
  his 
  interest 
  directly, 
  

   but, 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  he 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  his 
  face 
  lighted 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  flash. 
  I 
  

   knew 
  well 
  what 
  was 
  in 
  his 
  mind. 
  His 
  thoughts 
  had 
  gone 
  back 
  to 
  Cape 
  

   Towu 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  late 
  sitting 
  of 
  Parliament, 
  where 
  a 
  member 
  quoted 
  some 
  lines 
  

   from, 
  so 
  he 
  said, 
  Edgar 
  Allan 
  Poe. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  am 
  sorry 
  to 
  detain 
  the 
  House," 
  said 
  J 
  ohn 
  X. 
  Merviman, 
  " 
  but 
  really 
  I 
  

   know 
  Poe's 
  works 
  pretty 
  well 
  and 
  I 
  feel 
  confident 
  that 
  the 
  lines 
  quoted 
  by 
  the 
  

   Hon. 
  Member 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  them." 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  apologise 
  to 
  the 
  House," 
  was 
  the 
  reply, 
  " 
  the 
  lines 
  were 
  not 
  by 
  Edgar 
  

   Allan 
  Poe, 
  but 
  by 
  his 
  brother 
  Pernando 
  Po 
  ! 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  scattered 
  impressions 
  and 
  incidents 
  here 
  recalled 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  

   gathered 
  from 
  my 
  memories 
  of 
  a 
  dear 
  friend, 
  but 
  much 
  is 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  writers 
  

   of 
  the 
  following 
  obituary 
  notices, 
  to 
  Trimen's 
  elder 
  brother 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  

   Trimen, 
  and, 
  above 
  all, 
  to 
  his 
  wife. 
  

  

  On 
  summer 
  days 
  the 
  butterflies 
  he 
  loved 
  so 
  well, 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  purple 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  a 
  Buddleia, 
  hover 
  over 
  his 
  grave 
  on 
  the 
  heights 
  of 
  Highgate, 
  and 
  

   all 
  who 
  knew 
  Eolaud 
  Trimen 
  will 
  feel 
  the 
  fitness 
  of 
  the 
  inscription 
  under 
  his 
  

   name 
  on 
  the 
  plain 
  grey 
  stone 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Well-Beloved." 
  

  

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  by 
  

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  by 
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  B. 
  

   Poulton. 
  'Letters 
  from 
  Charles 
  Darwin 
  to 
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  in, 
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  213-246. 
  

   See 
  also 
  p. 
  28, 
  n. 
  2. 
  

  

  3. 
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  vol. 
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  August 
  10, 
  1916, 
  p. 
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  by 
  E. 
  B. 
  Poulton. 
  

  

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  1916, 
  p. 
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   by 
  J. 
  J. 
  Walker. 
  

  

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  of 
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  October, 
  

   1917, 
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  76, 
  by 
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  B. 
  Poulton. 
  

  

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  B. 
  P. 
  

  

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