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my nerves. However the other side did not take the onlj 

 objection I was afraid of, and we got a verdict for the sum 

 awarded. I had nothing to do but to open the pleadings 

 and ask one question and so I earned six guineas. The 

 Attorney- General was very civil, and was graciously pleased 

 to enquire whether my father was John or Jos, and hoped 

 he should be often " with me " at Westminster. 



You will probably have heard from Charlotte how the 

 first day's bazaar [for the Greeks] went off. She and Hens- 

 leigh were there. There was an immense crowd and every- 

 thing sold very dear. The Burmese screens went directly, 

 and so did Charlotte's pictures; the best at 305. and so 

 downwards. I should not wonder if I might have sold a 

 goose trap if I had sent one. I had a brilliant idea for 

 something which would have fetched any money, but 

 it did not occur soon enough, and so it must wait till the 

 next bazaar, but it certainly will be the prettiest toy ever 

 invented, . . . 



At the end of May Jos, accompanied by Caroline and 

 Charles Darwin, set out to fetch the two girls home from 

 Geneva. Charles was only to go as far as Paris and then 

 return. This was the only time he ever set foot on the 

 Continent. 



Josiah Wedgwood to his daughters Fanny and Emrna 



at Geneva. 



PARIS, Saturday, 26 May, 1827. 

 MY DEAE LITTLE GlRLS, 



... I am very glad that I induced Car. D. to come 

 with me. I need not tell you how agreeable a companion 

 she is, and she has so much taste for beauty that it is a 

 pleasure to travel with her. She has not seen Jessie [Sis- 

 mondi], I believe, since she married, but unless I am much 

 mistaken Jessie will like her much and Jessie's husband too, 

 at least I expect and hope it. To return to our journey 

 and voyages ; I went to bed the moment I got on board at 

 1 o'clock, and lay till we got into Dieppe at 11. Caroline 



