[London,} 14 August 1867 

Dear Frenperick, 

As you will see from the enclosed, I am threatened with 
distraint if I do not pay the taxes (amounting to £11-9s.) next 
Friday. I have an additional £1-15s. interest to pay to the 
pawnshop at the end of this week, or the things will lapse. I did 
not tell you of all these abominations before, as I had previously 
been attempting—vainly, ’m afraid—to rustle up the money in 
London. 

With the huge sums that you have sent me this year, there 
would be no such pressure, if it had not been for over £200 in 
previous debts. If I am to straighten out my affairs and not to 
PRESSURE you so dreadfully, it is imperative that I raise a loan 
somewhere else, even if another journey to the Continent is 
required for the purpose. But I cannot lift a finger until the 
printing is complete.* I received the 48th sheet today. So this week 
the whole vile business will be over. 

Salut. 
Your 
K. M.