Charles Henry Smithson:
He was very respectful of what he called - my position as a scientist and a gentleman. In fact, he asked me about my work. But as I didn't think that fossils were quite in his line, I gave him a brief discourse on the theory of evolution instead.
Ernestina:
[laughs]
How wicked of you!
Charles Henry Smithson:
Yes, he didn't think very much of it, I admit. In fact, he ventured the opinion that Mr. Darwin should be exhibited in a cage in the zoological gardens. In the monkey house.
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