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Friday
My dear William
It is a long time since I have written to you. I am glad you will go to Rugby. It is a pity not to keep up old friends & you will enjoy it. We are all pretty sharp again & I expect to be beautified before is see you. Your father however is not very well & I hope he will take a dose of Moor P. before the holidays. I certainly feel it is a great relief Miss P. going & so does she I think, as she seemed in better spirits. We are not going to have Miss Thorley now tho' I think we may in time, but I am looking out for a Swiss for 6 months or so to set you all talking French & German. Mr Thompson has the living of Keston given him by the Archbp. & he well deserves it. The house there is too good for the small living. Mr Sheppard I believe is going to leave Hartfield but this is not certain They do not much like him.
The Leith Hillians are going to buy one of Mr Mortimers Arabians I think Aunt Caroline will suffer some agonies when first they ride it.
Goodbye my dear William my news is not extensive
Your affect. mother | E. Darwin.
Lenny fell into the ice "with the utmost fertility"
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Please cite as “FL-0286,” in Ɛpsilon: The Darwin Family Letters Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/darwin-family-letters/letters/FL-0286