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Clapham

Sunday [1861.11.03]   

My dear Mama

The row has quite settled down now; the choir is going to begin again, but the organist is ill so, we had only hymns to day.

The gov: is wonderfully liberal & good-tempered now, the row has done him good, it has waked him up. He has promised to let 15 of us go to Wimbledon to play a school there, at

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hockey, on next Saturday, which is wonderful as it is so near the end of the half.

The holidays, as I suppose you remember, begin on the 16th. — I shall have to get a hamper for Frank's books I suppose. This morning P. preached a sermon right at us all the way through.

I have had a great deal of reading in chapel since Michaelmas, I have to read every other week on alternate days, & 2 lessons

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on each of two Sundays out of three. Nothing will happen so of course I can't tell you any news. Tom Sayers, who owns a large part of the Alhambra circus came down here & shewed off the circus the other day.

Good bye I remain your affect: Son G. H. Darwin

Any news of a cabinet?

One of F's jerseys is torn out & the other is rather bad, shall I get him a new one.—