To T. H. Huxley   [1860–70?]

6. Q. A. St.

Wednesday

My dear Huxley

I must thank you for the extremely pleasant evening you gave Frank; but pleasant is not the right word, delightful, most delightful, was the mildest of a crowd of epithets, which came bubbling out of his mouth in inextricable confusion—

Ever yours | C. Darwin

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13817,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13817