[London,] 17 April 1860 

Dear Engels, 

I trust that your indisposition isn’t serious. Also that you are 
taking care of yourself and not over-working. 

I have sent Lommel the 150 francs today.* (What you don’t 
manage to scrape together in Manchester will be collected here.) 
For the following reasons: 

1. If he is to retrieve the books” from the bookbinders’, he has. 
got to pay 50 frs. That leaves him 100 frs. To haggle over that 
would be exceedingly impolitic and would not command any respect 
for our party. 

2. The main thing is that the so-called advance be sent to the 
chap quickly and unconditionally. In that way, he’ll be beholden to 
us. The other half he shall have sy anv sy and thus will remain 
ENGAGED tO US. 

3. As soon as he has the money, he will leave for Savoy whence 
he will send back reports. 

4. From Petsch’s note enclosed herewith (I gave him the copy 
Siebel brought back with him) you will see that he believes that he 
can make a profit on what is, in fact, an interesting pamphlet. 

5. L. is a decent chap. Otherwise he’d sell himself. From the 
papers Becker has sent me, I see that Lommel was a leading light 

a See this volume, p. 123. - > [G. Lommel,] Hinter den Coulissen. 

in the old Republican Party. Also a friend of Heinzen’s. What a 
clamour there'll be from the latter over this defection! 

I am in two minds about Siebel’s work for the Strassburger 
Zeitung.” 

Your 
K. M.