From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin 25 January [1886]

My dear George

I think telepathy was at work when I received your (& Maud's) letter, for I had just been thinking how much I should like you to come here first, but I was afraid you w^d prefer going home & really a house does not get really warm under a week—

I am rejoiced at Maud's account of herself & also of Gwen's 2 teeth which accounts satisfac for all the fuss she has made— I forget whether I said about the peram—that I hoped you w^d bring it away if you found it suit her better in cold weather.

What stupid people to plant laurels' & Rhodos (in that soil) they sh^d have put lime trees or Maples—

How dreadful it will be if there is a war. Just as trade seems reviving all over England.

Thank Maud for her pleasant letter—

How knocked down poor Ella seems to be— I think New York is the best place for her, nursing her sisters when she is ill—

Leo. is pretty well now but sat perfectly idle not even reading all the p. m. & said how wholesome it was— They were sorry to find that you were coming away soon, or they w^d have offered themselves to you for last Sat. instead of coming here—

Yours my dear G—

I do so enjoy breathing cool air— tho I have not been out yet