Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire, 
3 September 1880 
7 Burlington Place 

My dear Lafargue, 

Why Geneva?*! The seat of the Swiss Federal Government is 
Berne and, besides, any other Swiss town would do as well as Geneva. 
Unless you have specific objections, of which I may be unaware, the 

2 the form-° See this volume, p. 29. Engels puns on the German Backfisch (Anglicised 
here) which means both ‘adolescent girl’ and ‘fried fish’.-* Laura and Paul Lafargue 

stuff might just as well be deposited in Zurich where someone could 
undoubtedly be found to take charge of the business. If it suits you, 
send the things to me here and we will readdress them to someone 
who will immediately attend to them. 

May the soil rest lightly 
On the egalitarian Egalité.+ 

Yours ever, 
F. Engels