年轻的赫胥黎在海军担任助理军医。在一次随“响尾蛇号”舰船前往大洋进行海洋生物考察期间,他认识了悉尼的一位美丽的姑娘亨丽埃塔,并产生了纯真的爱情。他怀着激动的心情把这一喜讯告诉了妈妈,还向妈妈介绍了这位女友的简况。他深知妈妈是非常疼爱他的,对此事一定会赞同。不久,他便收到了妈妈的回信。他拆开一看,大出所料,妈妈虽然原则上同意他的婚事,但提出了一个十分苛刻的附加条件:在他没有成为举世公认的科学家之前,不准结婚! Young Huxley served as assistant military officer in the Navy. During a marine expedition to the ocean with a shipwreck, he met Henrietta, a beautiful Sydney girl, and produced innocent love. He told Mom excitedly about the good news and introduced his mother’s profile to her mother. He knows that Mom loves him so much that he will agree with it. Soon, he received a reply from his mother. He opened his eyes to the great surprise that, while agreeing in principle with his marriage, Mom posed a very harsh attachment: he was not allowed to marry before he became a universally recognized scientist!