On June 20, he writes to Mr. Mundella, Vice-President of the
Council:—]
My dear Mundella,
Accept my warmest thanks for your good wishes, and for all the trouble you have taken on my behalf. I am quite ashamed to have been the occasion of so much negotiation.
Until I see the Treasury letter, I am unable to judge what the 1200 pounds may really mean [I.e. Whether he was to draw his salary of 200 pounds as Dean or not.], but whatever the result, I shall never forget the kindness with which my chiefs have fought my battle.
I am, yours very faithfully,
T.H. Huxley.
[On July 16, he writes to Sir M. Foster:—]
The blessed Treasury can't make up their minds whether I am to be asked to stay on as Dean or not, and till they do, I can't shake off any of my fetters.
[Early in the year he had written to Sir John Donnelly of the necessity of resigning:—]
Nevertheless [he added], it will be a sad day for me when I find myself no longer entitled to take part in the work of the schools in which you and I have so long been interested.