. . . I conclude you will not think of Sevenoaks now the boys come to you so soon. Do you think you cd stand Brodie with them for 2 dys it wd so please her to visit you, but don't say any thing to her yet because it must be the end of their stay with you & then she wd join us at the sea wherever we are. We feel very childless & dull I hope to get to Sevenoaks tomorrow for a few hours they have got Hope with them now. They found Amanda very pleasant but she went on Saturday We have been very happy these 4 days & it is wonderful how soon one gets used to hopes instead of fears & drives away the old horrid throught. Lenny is not weak at all & sits up to all his meals. He has not a notion that he has been very ill.
Good bye my dear old man.
Status: Draft transcription
This transcript was produced as a side-product of the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project and may not have been proofread to the DCP’s usual standards.
Please cite as “FL-0417,” in Ɛpsilon: The Darwin Family Letters Collection accessed on