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Hodeslea, Stavelev Eoad, EastboTU-ne : November 1, 1892. 



My dear Mrs. Eomanes, — I have just wiitten to 

 the Yice-Chancellor to say that I hope to meet his 

 disposition any time next May. 



My "wife is ' larking ' — I am sorry to use such a 

 word, but what she is pleased to tell me of her 

 doings leaves me no alternative — in London, whither 

 I go on Monday to fetch her back — ^in chains, if 

 necessary. But I know, in the matter of being ' taken 

 in and done for ' by your hospitable selves, I may, for 

 once, speak for her as much as myself. 



Don't ask anybody above the rank of the younger 

 son of a peer, because I shall not be able to go into 

 dinner before him or her, and that part of my dignity 

 is naturally what I prize most. 



Would you not hke me to come in my P.C.^ suit ? 

 All ablaze with gold, and costing a sum with which 

 I could buy, oh ! so many books. 



Only if your late experiences should prompt you to 

 instruct yovir other guests not to contradict me — don't 

 — I rather like it. 



Ever yours very truly, 



T. H. Huxley. 



Bon voyage ! You can tell Mr. Jones - that I will 

 have him brought before the Pri\^' Council, and fined 

 as in the good old days, if he does not treat you 

 properly. 



Then came the departure for Madeira, which was 

 a real trial, for never before had Christmas been spent 



' Privy Councillor. ^ The proprietor of an hotel in Madeira. 



