From Thomas Bell   1 August 1857

The Wakes |Selborne

1 August 1857

My dear Sir

I have only this morning received your letter which gives me great pleasure in offering me again your society for an evening in London. The drawback is that M rs Bell will not have the pleasure of being with us you which she very much regrets— I will dine at any time you please from five to eight— only let me know at what hour you will find it convenient to be with me— I go back to London on Monday morning— but am obliged to leave M rs Bell here, as she is still very much an invalid— as I have also been for the last fortnight, but am now getting right again—

I shall just take my chance of getting D r Hooker to meet you, but fear it is scarcely probable that he will be able to come on so short notice especially as I cannot offer him a bed

Believe me |My dear Sir | yours most sincerely | Thomas Bell

Please cite as “HENSLOW-647,” in Ɛpsilon: The Correspondence of John Stevens Henslow accessed on 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/henslow/letters/letters_647