himsdf of all the crimes under heaven. When my father afterwards of of the of Europe, on which he greatly prided himself. He consulted of a clergyman (we will say the Rev. Mr

talked about the case with the uncle, he said, " am sure that your nephew is really guilty a heinous crime.' Whereupon the Earl exclaimed, 'Good God, Dr Darwin, I who told you; we thought that no human being knew the fact ex«;ept ourselves!' My father told me the story many years after the event, and 1 asked him how he distingished the true from the false self-accusations; and it was very characteristic of my father that he said he could not explain how it for 1 have forgotten his name;, who had married an Englishwoman. My father was very hungry. and there was little for luncheon except cheese. which he could never eat. The old lady was surprised and grieved at this. and assured my father that it was an excellent cheese, and had been sent her from Bowood. the seat of Lord Sherburn. My father wondered