From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [25 July 1889]

My dear William

We have U. Hensleigh & Effie here— She is charming & we are v. comf— She & Bessy took a long walk yesterday to Cudham— She retains an affection for all the old places & remembers the time when she & you used to sit up in the old yew tree over the road at At Sara's & eat cherries.

Uncle H. seems verging towards staying in Q. Anne St, chiefly because it is such a trouble to move. Effie finds the house very dismal now. We have whist & plenty of singing— At last I perceive a change in Effie's voice; but she sings as beaut. as ever—

Hen. is m. troubled at the death of the gardener of K. Sq^r. hydophobia, from the bite of a dog, not mad. She w^d have sent him to Paris if there had been any fear—

She is coming to us next week en route to Kreuznach, where D^r Bright strongly advises her to go— It is v. tiresome for her, & a pity it was not decided earlier in the year, when it w^d not be so hot— I am glad Miss Macre c^d come to you— Will Lily visit her—

I hope you will have a good passage— my best love to Sara— y^rs my dear W^m | E D– Thanks for the 10/-