Charles and Emma (31 page)

126

“My chief enjoyment and sole employment…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 65

126

“In the morning I was baddish…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 93

127

“patient look,” “Don't you think you could not come in again…” and “I well remember lurking about…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 113

128

“hard at work dissecting a little animal…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 317

129

“at present I am suffering from…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 320

129

“I asked one of my boys to shout as loudly…”:
Expression,
p. 158

129

“I suppose now and be-hanged to you…” and “This lovely day makes me pine…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 117–18

131

“You will be surprised to hear that we all…” and Charles's other description of the water cure: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1241.html

132

“At Down ill health was considered normal”: Raverat, p. 122

133

“A good, cheerful, and affectionate daughter…” Litchfield, Volume II, p. 2 133 “doing custards”: My description of Annie in this chapter is taken, unless otherwise noted, from Charles's memorial to her, which can be found in a complete version at the Complete Work of
Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtypeside&pageseq=1

133

“always so candid and kind-hearted” and “always found her a child whose heart it was easy to reach”: Keynes, p. 163

134

“how neatly Annie takes hold…”: Notebook of Observations of the Darwin Children, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=CUL-DAR210.11.37&pageseq=1

135

“Annie first failed about this time”: Emma's Diary, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/Emma-Diaries.html

136

“I was so bold during my wifes confinement…”: Charles to J. S. Henslow, January 17, 1850, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1293.html

137

“Her sensitiveness appeared extremely early in life…”: Charles's memorial to Annie, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

140

“Annie began bark”: Emma's Diary, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html

140

“well not quite” and other notes about Annie's state: Keynes, p. 174

140

“the fretfulness of a child is an infinite evil!” and “I was aghast…”: Newman,
Phases of Faith,
p. 78

143

“Without you when sick I feel most desolate .. “: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 119

144

“uncommonly well and stout”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 131

144

“yesterday I fell down twice”: Keynes, pp. 182–83

145

“She looks very ill: her…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1399.html

146

“most kind” and “Your note made me cry much…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1400.html

146

“She appears dreadfully exhausted…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry1401.html

146

“Fanny gave her a spoonful of tea”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 135

147

“looking at my poor darling's little garden…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 134

147

“would not in the least recognize her…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1402.html

147

“Don't do that please” to “Poor darling child”: Charles to Emma, April 20, 1851, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1406.html

148

“I am confused now…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1409.html

148

“Your minute accounts…” and “imminent danger…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1411.html

148

“My dear dearest Emma…” and other excerpts from Charles's letter about Annie's death: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 136–37

150

“She must have known how we loved her…” and other excerpts from Charles's memorial to Annie throughout the chapter: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

150

“The hovel in which she had expired…”:
Voyage,
Penguin, pp. 314–15  

151

“Where is poor Etty?”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 135

151

“my feeling of longing after…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 137

152

“On the 23rd inst; of April, at Malvern…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1416.html

153

“We are disappointed at your account…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 40

154

“Where do the women go, for all the angels are men” and other details about Etty's worries and Emma's responses:
Correspondence,
Volume 5, p. 542

156

“little packet of memorials”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 139

156

“We have none of us to choose our religion…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 125

156

“I do not suppose you will have heard…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1425.html

158

“Well, you have come quite wrong; you should…”: E. Darwin, “Pound of Sugar,” p. 4

159

“Now that I stand at the end of my life…” and “My dear Emma, how I do love…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 144

159

“I'm so dull…”:
Correspondence,
Volume 4, p. 146

159

“When I have a tenth…”: Charles to William Fox, March 7, 1852, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1476.html

160

“Georgy draws…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 145

160

“Emma has been very neglectful…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1489.html

161

“I think that is all” and other details of Jessie's deathbed scene and death: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 152

161

“Oh Lenny, Lenny…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, pp. 111–12

162

“Well, you old ass…spurt that out”:
Correspondence,
Volume 4, p. 430

162

“In the years when we were growing up…” and information about Emma's list: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 201

163

“there was always about her a bright aliveness…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 45–49

166

“Yearly more are bred than can survive…”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

166

“Where does your father do
his
barnacles?”: Browne,
Darwin's Origin,
p. 55

167

“pigeons if you please”: Lyell to Darwin, May 1-2, 1856, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1862.html

167

“I rather hate the idea of writing for priority…”: Darwin to Lyell, May 3, 1856, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1866.html

167

“I am working very hard at my Book…”: Darwin to Fox, February 8, 1857, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-2049.html

168

“without its full share of intelligence”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 162

168

“backward in walking and talking, but intelligent and observant”:
Correspondence,
Volume 7, Appendix V

168

“Etty taken ill” and other notes from Emma's diaries throughout this chapter: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html

169

“Your words have come true with a vengeance…and other excerpts from Charles's letters to Lyell:
Letters: A Selection,
pp. 188–89

171

“What has frightened us…” and “I have always thought you would have made…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-2295.html

172

“It was the most blessed relief…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-2297.html

172

“I am quite prostrated…”:
Letters: A Selection,
p. 190

173

“This MS. work was never intended for publication…”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=F350&pageseq=1

174

“I fear I shall never be able to make it good enough”:
Life and Letters,
Volume I, p. 489

175

“On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties…” and “The gentlemen having, independently and unknown to one another…” and other excerpts from his paper: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=F350&pageseq=1

178

“My God how I long for my stomach's sake…”: Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-2450.html

179

“caught the other day
Brachinus crepitans
…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume I, p.496

179

“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short”: Thoreau, p. 311

180

“Then how should I manage all my business…”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.2&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

181

“I am afraid this is very wearisome to you”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 48

182

“an exception to every wife”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 183

182

“Would you be so good”:
Life and Letters,
Volume I, p. 115

182

“It may metaphorically be said…”:
Origin,
p. 90

183

“Long before the reader has arrived…”:
Origin,
p. 158

183

“To suppose that the eye…” “When it was first said that the sun…” and “Reason tells me, that if numerous gradations…”:
Origin,
pp. 168–69

185

“It is interesting to contemplate…”:
Origin,
p. 450