Williams, S. H. M. to Darwin, C. R.
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Invites CD to dine with them on Wednesday, since she will have few more opportunities of seeing "the original old Charles Darwin".
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Tuesday.
My dear Charles
If you are not philosophically or sentimentally engaged tomorrow, I do wish you would
come & dine with us, at half past six, pray remember I shall now have few more
opportunities of seeing you as the original old Charles Darwin, for though
Gentlemen do not change their names when they marry, I am sure their natures very
materially alter, & I cannot think that any change in you would be for the
better— “Heavens & Earth,” Catherine would
exclaim, “what next”—but this is no compliment, &
I shall continue to think so, even if M
When you had left me the other morning, I felt that I had not half congratulated you enough or told you how very sincerely I wished you every happiness—but as Children say “I thought the more”, & so I will convince you if you will dine with us tomorrow.
Always yours most truly. S. H. H. W.