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not quite sure she is wrong. I wish you would tell me 

 exactly what you think about the matter. 



The way I pick up directly I get into good air makes 

 me suspect myself of malingering, and yet I certainly 

 had grown very seedy in London before we left. — Ever 

 yours, T. H. Huxley. 



10 SouTHCLiFF Terrace, Eastbourne, 

 Nov. 13, 1888. 



Mr DEAE Foster — We are very sorry to hear about 

 Michael Junior.^ Experto crede ; of all anxieties the 

 hardest to bear is that about one's children. But con- 

 sidering the way you got off yourself and have become 

 the hearty and bucolic person you are, I think you ought 

 to be cheery. Everybody speaks well of the youngster, 

 and he is bound to behave himseK well and get strong 

 as swiftly as possible. 



Though very loth, I give up the dinner. But unless 

 I am on my back I shall turn up at the meeting. I 

 think that is a compromise very creditable to my 

 prudence. 



Though it is blowing a gale of wind from S.W. to-day 

 there is real sunshine, and it is fairly warm. I am very 

 glad we came here instead of that beastly Brighton. — Ever 

 yours very faithfully, T. H. Huxley. 



10 SOTJTHCLIFF TeRRACE, EaSTBOURNE, 



Nov. 15, 1888. 

 My dear Evans — I am very sorry to have missed you. 

 1 told my doctor that while the weather was bad it was 

 of no use to go away, and when it was fine I might just 

 as well stop at home ; but he did not see the force of my 

 reasoning, and packed us off here. 



^ Sir M. Foster's son was threatened with lung trouble, and 

 was ordered to live abroad. He proposed to carry his medical 

 experience to the Maloja and practise there during the summer. 

 Huxley offered to give him some introductions. 



