To Thomas Henry Huxley   2 April [1856]¹

My dear Huxley

The Hookers are coming here on the 22^d. & I believe M^r Wollaston & H. C. Watson, & I want to persuade you to join us;² I know from your lectures you could not come on that day,³ but could you not spare a few days, & come here the next day, or if that be not possible on Saturday the 26^th, when the Hookers at least will be here.— I do not know how M^rs. Huxley now is; but do you not think a little change might be beneficial to her. My wife desires me to say (& would have written herself, had I not said I was sure that you would excuse the form) that she could be as quiet as she liked, & sh^d. have a comfortable arm-chair in her bedroom, so as to live upstairs as much as she liked. Do think of the possibility of all this. A coach leaves Silver cross Charing Cross (& another from the Golden Cross) at 3$\frac{1}{4}$ & would drop you at Farnborough about 13 miles, & there I would have vehicle to bring you the two miles on here.—

A little change is good for man woman & beast, so do reflect favourably, & come if you can, & believe me | Your’s most sincerely | Charles Darwin

Many thanks for the Abstract your lecture, which I was very glad to see