Charles and Emma (30 page)

75

“I quite agree with you…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 16

75

“I have seen no one for these two days…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 15

76

“whirl of noise and motion…”: Dickens, p. 29

77

“Houses are very scarce…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 13

77

“I suspect conscience, an hereditary…”:
Notebooks,
p. 600

77

“It does not hurt the conscience…”:
Notebooks,
p. 572

78

“breathless haste” and “spread the news”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 27

78

“destitute of faith, yet terrified of skepticism”: Carlyle, p. 39

78

“Belief allied to instinct”:
Notebooks,
p. 602

79

“The emotions of terror & wonder…”:
Notebooks,
p. 605

79

“When two races of men meet…”:
Notebooks,
p. 414

79

“It is a beautiful part of my theory…”:
Notebooks,
p. 416

80

“makes me feel how much…”:
Notebooks,
p. 540

80

“I quite approve of your plan…”: Emma to Charles, November 30, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-447.html

80

“Some London houses…”: Dickens, p. 8

81

“a front drawing-room with three windows…and “Gower Street is ours…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 18

81

“But why does joy, & OTHER EMOTION…joy & sublimity”:
Notebooks,
pp. 578–79

82

“I long for the day…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 18

83

“I take so much pleasure…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 24

83

“I am very sorry to spoil…” and other descriptions of the event through “The little garden is worth its weight in gold” reported in a letter to Emma, Litchfield, Volume II, p. 19

85

“My good old friend Herbert…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 23–24

85

“What passes in a man's mind…”:
Notebooks,
p. 579

85

“You will have a few days more time…” through “…corrupting your mind”: Emma to Charles, January 7, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-485.html

86

“By the way now we seem to be clearing old scores…”: Emma to Charles, January 9, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-486.html

87

“soon teach me there is greater happiness…” and “I made a very stupid mistake yesterday…“ through “my own dear future wife…”: Charles to Emma, January 20, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-489.html

87

“I am rather ashamed of writing…“: Emma to Charles, December 30, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-465.html

87

“Today the Miss Northens are coming very early…”: Emma to Charles, January 20–21, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-490.html

66

“You need not fear my own dear Charles…”: Emma to Charles, January 23, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-492.html

88

“quite cured me” to “…news I have to tell”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 24

89

“We ate our sandwiches…”: ibid, p. 26

90

“A thousand thanks to you…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 30

90

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance…” and “It is better to know as little as possible…”: Austen,
Pride and Prejudice,
p. 20

91

“made up his mind to give up…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 61

91

“a sort of clarety-brown satin”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 29

91

“I often bless all novelists…”:
Autobiography,
pp. 138–39

92

“went slopping…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 29

92

“a large dose of music every evening”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 32

93

“when the plum-pudding appeared…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 33

93

“the thoughts of this precious child…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 28

93

“honours yet”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 33

93

“Charles said his face…” and “My Charles has been very unwell since Sunday…”: Browne,
Voyaging,
p. 405

94

“Emma is looking very pretty…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 34

94

“Erasmus drank tea…” and other excerpts from Emma's diaries: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html

96

“I should be most unhappy if I thought…”: this letter, which is quoted throughout this chapter, can be found in Darwin's
Autobiography,
p. 237, as well as on the Complete Work of Charles
Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.14&pageseq=1

97

“write about coral formations…” to “…undeniably growing”: Charles to Caroline, October 27, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-542.html

101

“The baby performed his first smile to-day…”: Litchfield, Volume IL p. 52

101

“Charles got some of his father's good doctoring” through “…time to read it yet”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 42

102

“it beat all other nonsense he has ever read on the subject”: Charles to Caroline, October 27, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-542.html

102

“so entirely happy in her lot…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 42

103

“first-rate landscape-painter with a pen”: Browne,
Voyaging,
p. 417

103

“The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere…and “The island would generally be considered…”:
Voyage,
Penguin, pp. 41–42

104

“In the thirteen species of ground-finches…”:
Voyage,
Penguin, p. 287  

104

“The success of this my first literary child…”:
Autobiography,
p. 116

105

“What an awful affair a confinement is…”: Charles to Fox, June 7, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-572.html

105

“It cost me a good cry…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 44

105

“little prince”: Charles to T C. Eyton, January 6, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-549.html

105

“prodigy of beauty and intellect”: Charles to William Fox, June 7, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-572.html

105

“my baby, and a very nice looking one it is…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 50

106

“I find as you always prophesied…”: Charles to FitzRoy, February 20, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-555.html

106

“During first week…: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.11.37&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

106

“I made in his presence many odd noises and strange grimaces…“ and other descriptions of Charles's experiments:
Expression,
p. 358

107

“His sympathy with the grief…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 109

107

“A child crying. Frowning…”:
Notebooks,
p. 595

108

“extremely difficult to prove that our children…“:
Expression,
p. 358

108

“It is a great advantage to have the power of…”: Litchfield, Volume IL p. 52

109

“A frog jumped near him…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 60

109

“My little Annie…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 69

110

“The London air…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 67

110

“I presume you did not know any more than I” and “anything about our children…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 59

111

“Charles is very busy finishing…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 69–70

111

“An individual organism placed under…” and other excerpts from this species sketch: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialIntroductions/Freeman_Sketchesof1842and1844.html
text views

114

“Down-in-the-mouth”: Charles to Leonard Horner, October 4, 1842, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/dar-winletters/calendar/entry-648.html

115

“In a country neighborhood you move…”: Austen,
Pride and Prejudice,
p. 40

115

“He so filled every instant of my life…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 72

116

hink I have found…”
Voyage,
p. 111

116

“very feverish, violent headaches” and other notes from Emma's diary: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR242%5B.8%5D&view- type=image&pageseq=1
(diary entries are listed by date)

117

“Our sorrow is nothing to…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 78

117

“I can still see the horse with the man's…”:
Autobiography,
p. 24

117

“Charles is well to-day and the funeral over…” and “I keep very well and strong and am come…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 78

117

“I feel sure I shall become deeply attached to Down…” Charles to Catherine, September 16, 1842, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-633.html

119

“I don't want to have that shilling…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 81

120

“I got into a transport over…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 86–87

120

“At last gleams of light have come…”: Charles to J. D. Hooker, January 11, 1844, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-729.html

121

“My hairdresser (Willis) says that…”:
Notebooks,
p. 338

122

“My. Dear. Emma. I have just finished my sketch…”: Charles to Emma, July 5, 1844, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-761.html

123

“A great assumption/E.D…” and Emma's other editorial comments: Desmond and Moore, p. 319

123

“it will be necessary to show how the first eye is formed”:
Notebooks,
p. 337

124

“I have also read the ‘Vestiges,' but…”: Charles to J. D. Hooker,
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, pp. 301–2