Dug from the files…

A description of Normand Smith, a Smith cousin by Carlotta Smith (circa 1870): “He introduced me to Darwin’s study of natural selection and Schumann’s piano compositions on the same evening. He married a German girl of a good family, and wrote home, “I am bringing my wife, you will like her as she can play the most difficult music at sight.” Their family was brought up on this basis.”

That is one way to pick a bride!