From Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin 21 September 1876

Malta

Sept 21st. | 76

Dearest mother

The terrible news has just reached me this morning, and I am thinking how you must all be suffering at home  I have not tried to write to Frank, but if any messages of love could do any good I am sure mine would not be backward

Goodbye dearest father and mother | Your affec son | Leonard Darwin

If my last letter has not reached Frank, please burn it unread.

Please cite as “FL-1003,” in Ɛpsilon: The Darwin Family Letters Collection accessed on 5 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/darwin-family-letters/letters/FL-1003