From J. D. Hooker   31 March 1867

Dear Darwin

We have no hopes for our pretty little baby whose fits increase in number & duration—¹ Happily it suffers little, the nerves of motion exclusively being affected. This suspense is very painful.

M^rs Hooker² is pretty well

I keep her in bed next door to the child.

Ever dear old Darwin | Yrs affec | J D Hooker

Percival Wright was here today on his way to the Seychelles to spend some months collecting—³