Stuk 4 - Letter from Henry Sidgwick to Mary "Minnie" Benson

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Playfully threatens not to come to Wellington College if he does not receive a letter from her soon, though says he should not complain of her not writing as his hopes that she would rested on his 'Belief in [her] Benevolence and not on any Right or Obligation (excuse Dr Whewell's phraseology)'. Gives a list of questions which he expects her to be prepared to answer about her trip to Europe when he sees her. Reports that he arrived in Cambridge on Saturday, and that his examination begins on the following Thursday. States that if he gets a fellowship he shall have to be up [in Cambridge] 'on the 10th', and if not he shall be able to enjoy himself 'till the 15th', when he has to meet his pupils. Hopes that she is keeping up her spirits until he comes, and asks her if she found the heather looking splendid when she returned. Asks whether Edward knows the way to Sandhurst now. Supposes that the latter is very busy, and sends his love to him.

Part transcription in Sidgwick, Arthur, and Sidgwick, E. M, 'Henry Sidgwick'. London: Macmillan, 1906, p 42.