To Richard Owen [1849?]1
Down Farnborough Kent
Tuesday
My dear Owen
As you were so kind as to say that I might propose myself to tea to you (it being more wholesome to me than Dinner) I will, if it chance to prove quite convenient to you, come about 7 on Thursday. If you cannot have me, (which is likely enough) will you save me the journey, by sending me one line to “7 Park St Grosvenor Sqr.”—2
My stomach fails so often & so suddenly that to my sorrow, I am never certain of an appointment. if I do not appear by 8 olock, you will understand that my stomach has failed me.
Yours most sincerely | C. Darwin
If I do not hear I shall understand that I am to come
Footnotes
Summary
CD proposes to call for tea if he is well enough on Thursday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1089
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Richard Owen
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1089,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1089.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4