Manchester, 21 July 1868 

Dear Moor, 

I concluded from Tussy’s letter the receipt of the £10, and also 
that both patients* must have reached the point at which they 
should be sent to the seasipe, the sooner the better. So that there 
shall be no delay I enclose £25 (1 of 20 and 1 of 5). It is still 
uncertain when I shall get away from here, and it will therefore be 
better for the time being to drop the attempt at a combined seaside 
operation, so that the girls’ health may not suffer. 

I believe you said recently that Borkheim himself would be 
inclined to advance the £150 if he was not at the moment short of 
money. Is he now perhaps in a position to provide the sum, or at 
least £100? It would be absolute folly to toss into the maw of this 
miserable society 20% interest per annum against the finest 
security. Even if Borkheim can get us only £100, of which £50 
might be repaid in case of need in January or February and the 
rest on 10/20 July 1869 (though it would be best if the whole sum 
need not be repaid until next July), everything could be fixed up 
easily. He really only needs to commit himself to pay £100 on the 
loan in September, so that I would then only need to send him the 
remainder. This would free £100 for me, which I could send you 
right now. If nothing of this sort happens, you will understand 
that I am very tied, as long as the heavy load of £175 is hanging 
over my head, and especially as long as I do not know how the 
balance has come out, and I probably won’t know for another 3-4 
weeks. 

Think over the business with Borkheim. Maybe something can 
be done; if so we would be, at least for the time being, out of all 
our troubles, and would once again have gained time. 

The pamphlets and journals I sent back to you yesterday. Who 
is this sultry Dr Boruttau, who displays such a sensitive organ for 
sexual love?” 

Jones is hard put to it whether to stand for Manchester or for 
Dewsbury.’” The Dewsburyans have sent him a requisition signed 

a Marx’s daughters Eleanor and Jenny -> This refers to C. Boruttau’s book 
Gedanken. tiber Gewissens-Freiheit. See also this volume, p. 72. 

by 2,000 voters; he wants 1,000 more since there will be 6,000 
voters. Now they are pressing here in Manchester whether he will 
accept or not. 

Best greetings. 

Your 
EWE.