From Horace Darwin to G. H. Darwin 1 March 1882

Dear George.

I got a line from Dew this morning saying that F.M.B. is going on very well. Things have been very flourishing here. I sat between Hope & Effie at dinner at 31 the other night, & things were very smooth. I think Effie is more like recovering that she has been before.

I saw the Trinity House peope about lighthouses & they do seem to want something to register the shakes wh are pretty considerable, so much so that it half empties the tea out of their breakfast cups when the men are at breakfast. I have got ideas which I want very much to talk over with you when you come back. I have not got any Cambridge news to tell you as I have not heard any for some time. We go back on Monday next, and we shall be very glad to get out of all the tearing bustle of this confounded town; I have come to the conclusion that a short stay in town is the hardest work in the world. When you come back you will find us in St. Tibbs Row very grand. We are just off to Eton to see Claud, who is not very well, & it is rather doubtful whether he ought to stay there, but I believe he is rather better.

Your affec brother | Horace Darwin