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one. The discussion does not read so atrociously bad, or 

 inanely poor as I had fancied; but that is the highest 

 praise which can be bestowed on my part. 



Yours affectionately, 



C. DARWIN. 



Emma Darwin to her aunt Fanny Allen. 



DOWN, Saturday [probably 1872]. 



. . . Leonard is bringing a young man from Chatham 

 to-day with the assurance that we shall hate him. Prank 

 is also bringing a friend who is very nice. But I don't feel 

 at ease in the company of young men and feel out of my 

 element. Fanny Hensleigh delivered me your message that 

 I was a wise woman settled on a rock, and Charles desires 

 me to say that it is he deserves that credit (viz. of staying 

 at home) and not me, that I have plenty of gad- about in me. 



The following is written after the first anniversary of our 

 wedding-day : 



Emma Darwin to R. B. Litchfield. 



MY DEAR RICHARD, Wednesday [Sept., 1872]. 



It was very nice of you to write to me. Although 

 we Wedgwoods are so bad about anniversaries, I should 

 have thought of the 31st. There are so many sad things 

 to think of, that I often feel, " Well, there are two belonging 

 to me whose happiness it is a comfort to think of. . . ." 

 am glad you are reading Plato, as you will be able to tell 

 me whether I could endure any of it; I have always had 

 some curiosity to know something about the ancients. 

 Yours affectionately, my dear Richard, 



E. DARWIN. 



