1873 LETTER TO DARWIN 121 



ought to deter me from getting his contribution back to 

 him somehow or other. There is no one to whose 

 judgment on a point of honour I would defer more 

 readily than yours, and I am quite sure you will agree 

 with me. I really am quite unhappy and ashamed to 

 think of myself as vigorous and well at the expense of 

 his denying himself any rich man's caprice he might take 

 a fancy to. 



So, my dear, good friend, let me know what his 

 contribution was, that I may get it back to him somehow 

 or other, even if I go like Nicodemus privily and by 

 night to his bankers. Ever yours faithfully, 



T. H. H. 



