From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin 30 January [1883]

My dear George

I thought I might as well come to Hen yesterday. I found her on the sofa in the bedroom going on well; but she is weak & will be a good while picking up her strength, though her fever only lasted a day & night. She came out of her room this mg & is gone to bed again & will be up again presently. We had Mess^es Bradshaw, Crawley & Langley to dinner on Sunday— (the last did not improve us, but Frank wanted to be civil to him— He has an awful laugh—but was enjoying himself. After dinner the gents retired for a time to Frank's room & then came down. Horace & Ida are at Bry. Sqr. & go home tomorrow. Horace is ashamed to find that he gets on well w. Hope, & the visit is altogether comf & easy—

I was curious to see the much talked of Phy, & I found her v engaging from her great fondness for her mother; but she is very plain certainly. Bernard is making a considerable step w. his coats of arms— He copied the Wedgwood & Darwin arms w. you gave him twice over & took great pains— The last copy he thought so excellent that he wrote the date at the back & means to keep it always— The 2^nd best copy he sent to M^rs Ruck— He likes having Rasmus, & clips him tight round the waist & carries him about; R. bearing it very patiently. The Stokes called on Sat. She is handsome & agreeable & he said a few words. They had only just heard of our being settled at Cambridge   We had much Edgeworth talk. It was his vote that y^r friend G. was so indignant about. Here is a letter of William's— I am very glad he put some less distasteful notions into Boehms head— By the way Hen. tells me that the photo on China I have, was intended for you, & you shall have it— I have a smaller one that I shall set in a brooch— M^r Seppings the copyist will take his departure tomorrow. A letter from Leo is on its way to you. I am glad to find that the failure is not an unmitigated disapp^mt as for some reason he thought they had not m. chance of a very good observation.

I hope you are better my dear old man | yours E. D

I can't find W's letter so I will give you what he says—that he went to Boehm about the statue & found he was thinking of putting an orchis in one hand a lens in the other! W^m persuaded him that the attitude of Leo's was the only characteristic one. W^m went for 2 days to M^r Rich who was very glad to have him—