From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin 14 January 1884

My dear George

I am glad you have had such mild & bright weather for y^r first days at Paris—& for the folks at Brighton. We always used to call you the boy of one idea & B. is just the same. For 3 days he was at work at least 4 hours a day drawing the arms of all the colleges for a present to his father, & they were very neatly done; but he was not like you in being content with his own very bad writing of the names— The book has given him the greatest delight, but since then his whole time has been filled with writing a story about Pirshuns (Persians) & gosts (Jackson corrected this & told him to spell it goasts.) & robers fiting with all there mite. He is to copy it in printing hand when finished. He had written about 6 chaps w. headings to them. The timber is sold, but the acct not sent in yet. I heard one lot go for 14/- but I hope it was a poor one, or it will hardly pay for the cutting down— Bessy came home on Sat. from London, having been to the play & seen many friends. Mrs Lushington continues very ill tho' there is some amendment. Rasimonsey is very agreeable & charming & perfectly good tempered now. We all went to Trinity chapel last night; but whether it is my deafness or not I found the music confusing & did not much care for it; I must go out & settle about planting the creepers on the house. Ellen goes today to see her father at Ben rhydding & her friends the Fords at Leeds—

How odd it is their taking no notice of the brother in London. I do feel it a flaw her not caring more about her own family.

I hope you will go to the play some times at Paris & that you have seen the Crafts & D'Abbadies— yours dear G. E. D