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Dear Wallace
I have just bethought me & it is strange that I had not thought of it before, that my second son1 is quite capable of doing the job about which I have written to you,2 & I am certain that he w[oul]d like to do it, especially if I gave him a present. [1 sentence struck through, illeg.]. I gathered [1 word struck through, illeg.] an impression from your note3 to Bates4 that you did not care much about undertaking the work; & perhaps you will care still less when you hear how dull & tedious a one it is. If so I will get my son to undertake it. If on the other hand you wish for it, all that I wrote will of course, hold good. In any case I [1 word struck through, illeg.] beg you to excuse me for the [1 word struck through, illeg.] trouble which I have thus caused you. [1 word struck through, illeg.] If you have written bef to me before you receive this w[oul]d you kindly let me have a post-card— telling me how the case stands.
In Haste | yours very sincerely | C. D. [signature]
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Author’s draft (WCP4093.4040)]
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Please cite as “WCP4093,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 18 February 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4093