Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Thursday
My dear Ida
Horace came home yesterday in a rapture with the kindness cordiality & pleasantness of your father & so I must exhale a little to you— He had a delightful evening & is going with him to look at brakes (as no doubt you know
This is all I have to say so I may as well finish at once; but seriously it does make him very grateful to be treated with such cordiality (especially by one who knows his evil hopes & intentions).
No more today–-
Lady Derby is coming.
yours my dear | E D
Status: Draft transcription
This transcript was produced as a side-product of the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project and may not have been proofread to the DCP’s usual standards.
Please cite as “FL-1347,” in Ɛpsilon: The Darwin Family Letters Collection accessed on 5 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/darwin-family-letters/letters/FL-1347