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To A. W. Bennett   [17 December 1875]1

2 Bryanston St.

Friday.

My dear Sir.

Very many thanks for your most kind note. I write a line merely to say that I will not accept your invitation to breakfast as I always breakfast before 8 o’clock!2 If I should fail to be able to come, I now know that I may call on you when I next come to London, but I heartily hope that I may be able to come—

Yours sincerely. | C. Darwin

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1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. W. Bennett, 17 December 1875; in 1875 17 December 1875 was a Friday.
2
Bennett had invited CD to breakfast on Sunday 19 December 1875 (see letter from A. W. Bennett, 17 December 1875). CD evidently did visit, since Bennett mentioned showing his Drosera preparations to him in Bennett 1876.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10303,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10303