74 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY cHAP. ill 



declare that your open invitation to any friend of mine 

 is the most touching mark of confidence I ever received. 

 I am going to send it to my great ally Michael Foster, 

 Secretary of the Royal Society. I do not know whether 

 he has made any other arrangements, and I am not quite 

 sure whether he and his wife are going to Plymouth. 

 But I hope they may be able to accept, for you will 

 certainly like them, and they will certainly like you. I 

 will ask him to write directly to you to save time. 



With very kind remembrances to Mrs. Collier — Ever 

 yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



I forgot to say that I am mending as fast as I can 

 expect to do. 



