From Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin 24 March [1882]

Dearest Leo—

Your argument about the Staff College procuring you 2 certain years at home has great weight with me & I think it wd be worth any exertion, & I believe you wd be able to stick to your work whether she is at home or not. There are quantities of things I want to know, but I hope we shall see you tomorrow. I am afraid my plan for the marriage first of all will not do—

Your letter just come & I send off a note to Mr Fraser— It will not do F. the least harm if the affair is made short so we will send the carriage to meet the 12.15 & will send him away for the 2.50—

How nice it would be if Bee wd stay behind over the Sunday— We shall not get to know her a bit this time otherwise.

I am rather favouring the delusion that it is only she is coming with you tomorrow.

It is more proper & suitable her father bringing but I am afraid he will not leave her behind—

yours my dear | E.D—

I leave my note open that you may put in hours to Mr Fraser— If you find Mr F. does not come by the 12.15 you must tel. to us to send to the 2.29 at Orpington; but the first wd be the most cheerful—if you can insure his going away

we have sent fuller partics to Wm. & Horace