My dear Ansted,

I still think that the offer which I made to M^r Ransome of receiving ^£100 in payment in full for the ^£250, was fair & liberal.—¹ **My Solicitor, who knew all the circumstances, thought that I ought to claim the whole & remonstrated with me.—² M^r Ransome has not paid me, as he asked for further delay owing to his expectation that a new company would be immediately formed.—³

As I before said I do not wish or intend to press my legal claim, & you can pay me the above sum of 100£, or part, or nothing, according as your circumstances permit.⁴ On this point I cannot judge & you must decide for yourself.—

Yours sincerely | Ch Darwin