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From D. F. Nevill   26 [December 1875?]1

45, Charles Street

26th

My dear Mr Darwin

I am more grieved than I can say at having missed you but I do hope when you come next time you will give me due warning2

I would willingly run down to you for an hour if you are ever willing to receive me but perhaps you are too busy— However I do hope we may meet somehow

1
The month and year are conjectured from the less formal salutation that indicates that Nevill and CD had met, and by an archivist’s mark ‘1875’ on the front of the letter. Nevill met CD on 4 May 1875 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
2
CD had been in London from 10 to 20 December 1875 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). In July, CD had told Nevill that he had no plans to be in London until late autumn (see letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875]).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8133,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8133