My dear Sir

I have just discovered that at a more distant station viz Chiselhurst on the same line there is a rather later train, viz one leaving at 9^o 34^’, but Chiselhurst is a full hour’s drive from my house.

If not inconvenient to you & D^r. Maudsley, will you return by this train, which will give us nearly 1,$\frac{3}{4}$ hour instead of only a full hour. I can send you in my carriage to Chiselhurst Station. So if this suits you, do not keep your Fly from Orpington; but you can take return tickets, as the 2 stations are on the same line.—²

In Haste | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

I am sure you & D^r. Maudsley will allow me to leave the room for quarter of an hour, if my head fails me.—

The 9^o. 34^’ Train from Chiselhurst reaches Charing Cross at 10^o, 11^’