Berne, 28 December [1848] 

Dear Marx, 

How are things? Now that Gottschalk and Anneke have been 
acquitted," shan’t I be able to come back soon? The Prussian curs 
must surely soon tire of meddling with juries. As I have said, if 
there are sufficient grounds for believing that I shall not be 
detained for questioning, I shall come at once. After that they 
may, so far as I’m concerned, place me before 10,000 juries, but 
when you're arrested for questioning you're not allowed to smoke, 
and I won’t let myself in for that. 

In any case the whole September affair **° is crumbling away to 
nothing. One after another they’re going back. So write. 

Apropos, some money would come in very handy towards the 
middle of January. By then you should receive plenty. 

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Your 
E.