From Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield [25 September 1877?]

they had quantities of Indian Indian talk w. always interests G. v. m—

We mt poss. hear poor W^m's^ fate tomorrow. I am afraid he has been v. miserable & I don't believe he will be so bad when he knows the worst— He went up to London on Sat out of mere restlessness & down again Sunday evg. F. & I shall rush down & spend a week w. him if he seems quite done up in. spirits. (It wd be good for F. as he has been a little below par for a week or 2 with his chest baddish w. always leaves discomfort when it goes away w. it is q. now)

W^m says today ""I c^d not think of it (viz our going to him) & I am sure if it all comes to nothing it will be much the best for me to buckle to my books & dine out & enjoy the world & come to Down in a week or so when Hank—is back— If it goes off the contrast to the strain which the thoughts of beginning a new life keeps my mind in will break the fall, I sh^d not feel the blank so m. now as by & bye perhaps—

Thank dear old Skimp for his full acct of the journey which now we know all about & w. we wanted to know—

yours my dear | E D—

Leo. seems brisker today & is v. studious. He does not think his knee got any harm— He gets about pretty well—

Here is a nice letter from Effie when we were not so comf. about R as we are now—

yours E. D

We have no Mitchell's J.

I send some of the others