To B. J. Sulivan   [9 May 1865]1

[Down.]

sit with anyone for more than quarter or sometimes for half an hour. If I talk more my head sings & swims & I am done for.2 But I shd. in all probability be able to pay you two or three little visits in the drawing room when you come here; so if you can spare a day do come, for I shall be sincerely rejoiced to see you3

My dear Sulivan | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Incomplete

1
A note on the letter dates it to ‘May 9th | about | 1864 | or 65’; 1865 is confirmed by the relationship between this letter and the letter from B. J. Sulivan, 8 May [1865] (Correspondence vol. 13).
2
For CD’s health at this time, see Correspondence vol. 13, Appendix IV.
3
Sulivan later suggested a visit on 2 June (see Correspondence vol. 13, letter from B. J. Sulivan, 31 May [1865]), but it is not known whether it took place or not.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 be] over ‘t’
1.3 in the drawing room] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4831F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4831F