To Juliet Pollock   12th June 1864

12^th June 1864

My dear M^rs. Pollock.

I well remember the first night I ever saw you. It was at Barlow’s, and I compared you on that occasion (in my own mind) to a moon, shining with a pure mild light. I had afterwards reason to conjecture that you could also be hot like the Sun if you were sufficiently aroused. Well sun, or moon, you have continued to shine on me and brighten me and gladden me ever since, and this last note of yours¹ is a bit of your brightness—very pleasant to me, and I thank you for it.

I am going to rush down to Ledbury² in accordance with a heavy engagement for two or three days. Long ago I promised my friend the Dean of Hereford³ to go down to him—I broke one engagement but I must keep this one.⁴ Good bye

Yours ever | John Tyndall

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