My dear Sir

I write one line to acknowledge & thank you for your long letter, entering in detail on the reasons which make you advise me still to continue this allowance of 15 per cent.—² All that remains to be done, it seems, is to hope for better times. Before very long, I sh^d. prefer to enter into some more permanent arrangements with M^r. Hardy.³

I trust to your kindness to continue to look fairly after my interest & remain My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. Darwin

J. Higgins Esq^re.