Lily’s Travels II
LILY IN THE GARDEN LILYI told Septimus, when he wept on his knees for me to forgive him and returnto his estate in Klonkinkerry, or he would blow out his brains, that I wasengaged to marry an American millionaire. When you tell your first wholly successful lie, you discover how powerful you are. And how lonely.SHE SHRUGS AND OPENS HER BUTTERFLY NETI journey light across the world.To cut a long story short:I become a traveller and collector of butterflies. Diurnal Lepidoptera.I have taken time to consider that the death of the butterfly is the onedrawback to an entomological career…. I am never entirely happy withthe slaughter of innocents. But one of a species is never enough. I understandthe collecting instinct.It’s the colour you see – it’s the colour of a collectiontakes the breath away.BALANCES A HUGE BUTTERFLY ON HER FINGER.It has to have the impact of numbers. Many Purple Emperors make one robefor Solomon. It is to do with relative values. Insect on that side, andon this side. A model of God. Me.SHE TEARS THE BUTTERFLY UPAfter that – it’s easy.Living as though the whole world’s made just for me.