1872-1876] Dr Andrew Clark 215 



Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. 



Tuesday Evening [1873]. 



F. has recovered remarkably quickly and went to the sand 

 walk to-day and did a little work. . . . Dr Clark has not 

 sent the dietary yet and we are rather trembling as to how 

 strict he will be. 



I make C. Buxton's book 1 quite my Bible at present. 

 He hits so many small nails on the head that suit my feelings 

 and opinions so exactly, and I think he is so very acute, 

 and sometimes a little cynical to my surprise. 



I found George a great comfort to consult with and 

 settle things when I felt uneasy about F. He is so zealous 

 and puts his whole mind to what you tell him. Leo hat- 

 offered to go as photographer with the expedition to New 

 Zealand. I feel rather flat. One is so awfully used to 

 N.Z 



" Awfully used ' is a family expression quoted from 

 Leonard as a little boy, who complained at tea that he was 

 " so awfully used to bread and butter." The following relates 

 to the first visit my father and mother paid us. To make 

 them comfortable we always gave them our bedroom, and 

 moved ourselves into a smaller one. 



Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. 



MY DEAREST BODY DOWN, Saturday [Autumn, 1873]. 



It is a pleasure to receive such a delightfully affec- 

 tionate invitation and to think that R. joins in it as heartily 

 as you do, and we will come with ail our hearts. F. never 

 could bear the thoughts of putting you to so much incon- 

 venience and so had given up thoughts of Bryanston Street, 

 but I tell him / don't mind it in the least, and I am sure 

 you and R. don't. Of course I like it much better than 

 Queen Anne Street, as though we should see a good deal of 



1 Notes of Thought, published 1873. 



