Thank you my dearest Emma for your kind exertion in writing to me so immediately–- I feel very grateful to you for it & am very glad to hear of you from your own hand. It is a great comfort that you have Charles home with you & that he has not suffered bodily so much as you dreaded. I was very much interested by the sketch you give of your darling daughter's sweet character— I can well believe it a true one by what I have seen— she could not fail to be attaching to every body & how much more to you both. There never was a more sweet counsoling friend than Fanny H to have recourse to & her having been there will be a lasting comfort to you both. I have great trust in the confidence you feel that you will not suffer from your situation I think dearest Emma you must both take comfort now in the perfect tenderness with which you have always treated her— the sweetness of your tempers has preserved her from even those little rubs in daily life that so few escape. I was very glad to hear you had Willy with you. CHarles is very much obliged to you for kind message & sends his affectionate love. You do him no more than justice in relying upon his sympathy. Give my most kind love to Charles.
Ever dearest Emma yr affcte | CL
Charles is struck by what you say of her responsive & confiding nature as being particularly true—having always found her a child whose heart it was easy to reach. He desires to be remembered in the kindest manner to Charles. I send Fanny H's letter by this post to Caroline to be forwarded to Susan & Catherine & returned to you.
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Please cite as “FL-0352,” in Ɛpsilon: The Darwin Family Letters Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/darwin-family-letters/letters/FL-0352