From W. D. Fox   [11 February 1863]1

Hillfield | Hampstead | NW

My dear Darwin

Many thanks for your note. I am truly sorry to hear you are so poorly.2

I scarcely hoped to see you, and am very glad to be able to do so. I will certainly come on Friday about 1—and shall rejoice to see Er⁠⟨⁠as⁠⟩⁠mus at same time.3

Many thanks for your ⁠⟨⁠invite⁠⟩⁠ to Down, but it is impossible for me to accept it—nor do I think it wd be anything but a teaze to you if I did.

Had I not been able to get a glimpse of you in Town, I might have tried to run down for a few hours.

Ever my dear Darwin | Yours W D Fox

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. D. Fox, [10 February 1863].
3
CD stayed with his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, at 6 Queen Anne Street, London, from 4 to 14 February 1863 (see ‘Journal’ (Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3979,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3979