Dear D. of Argyll

You must allow me to have the pleasure of informing your Grace that I have just received a note from M^r Gladstone, in which he says “I shall recommend M^r W. for a pension of 200£ a year”.² He says that he “had already in some degree considered the subject, of your note & the memorial before they arrived”; & it is thus evident that M^r Wallace is deeply indebted to your Grace for having written to M^r Gladstone.³ It has been an extraordinary act of kindness in M^r Gladstone to write to me so soon & at such a time

I beg leave to remain | Your Grace | Very faithfully | Ch Darwin