My dear Father

Thank you very much for your letter this morning—² I am v. glad old Murray got up his courage for the extra 500 so as to put off the evil day of a 2^nd. edit— £1470 is a splendid sum & now I hope you will be easy abt Murray’s gains in spite of the 128£—³ I think some of those great novelists only get £3000—I can’t remember who—& to think of that kind of book bringing in nearly as m. as $\frac{1}{2}$ a novel is wonderful.

What you say abt my helping has pleased me v. m— The pleasure of doing it rewards me for any trouble I can take over & over again—but to have a say so much, & to feel that at any rate you think I can help you so really, is very sweet to me— The memorial you propose will be very precious to me.⁴ I can’t think all of a sudden what I sh^d. like to have that will be appropriate & lasting— I want it to be something that will seem fitting in the nature of things— & something that I shall like for always— & so deep reflexion is required. It is very good of u to think of it—

Lena insists upon my going to church w her this afternoon—why I don’t kno—praps she knows they are pretty hymns—at any rate I have had no choice given me—⁵ I shall perhaps be a day or two in London at C Place before Sat^dy.—when I shall join u at Queen Anne—⁶ It seems as if I’d been away ages. I think you’ll think me immensely better for my stay here— Edmund is very busy over the Descent & seems to find it very amusing reading—

What a funny Welchman your man must be for if u come from a hairy ape u are likely to be one & tis an argument for you—⁷ I haven’t seen the 2^nd. Spec— I’m rather surprised u’ve had no effect on Wallace.⁸ It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it for I’m sure u are right. I’ve been rereading the old Physical basis & have at last worked out on paper my dissatisfaction with it.⁹ If he wasn’t such a busy man & the article hadn’t been worked threadbare & I was likely to see him, I sh^d. like to see how neatly he w^d. smash me into a cocked hat— They asked me what a Mission was. but I haven’t got energy to tell it now & will give a full acc^t. in London of a Mission & all its manifestations—¹⁰

Edmund is still bad— I never saw him so bad at Cannes.¹¹ Alice is pretty nearly all right again— It will be v. nice to see you all again—praps if I thk hard till then I shall kno what I sh^d. like for my present the v. best of any thing.

Thank you again dear Father— your most affec | HED