31, Kensington Square. W.
Sat.
Dearest Mother—
It was v. nice seeing Bessy walk in yesterday. She didn't tell me abt her gown but I'm v. glad it is a success. I am struggling first with the house & then must go & fight with my mourning, I am glad you are going to try some thing fresh for your night meal.
It feels v. nice to be down in the drawing room & I enjoy the warmth wh. I fear you don't poor Mother.
Everything is in a most awful Kettle of fish—owing to nobody's knowing where Betty hid things— Sheila's knowing nothing & being new & very slow & the electric men having made hay in every room in the house & Miss Welton in R's new room & the drawing room. However 4 hours of 2 men R Sheila & me & Lizzie have hung the drawing room & study pictures— I of course only using my brain to direct all their bodies.
I can't understand abt the Tomma's house because there is a board up saying
Goodbye dear Mother Arthur Tuke has just been in I luckily cd whip into a blk gown.
I am not tired
yr HEL
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Please cite as “FL-1139,” in Ɛpsilon: The Darwin Family Letters Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/darwin-family-letters/letters/FL-1139