Brussels, 3 April 1846 
7, rue de lAlliance, St. Josse-ten-Noode 

Dear Emil, 

Be so kind as to send me £6—or approx. 150 fr.—by return of 
post. I shall let you have it back in a week or two. My old man isn’t 
sending the money I was expecting on 1 April; apparently he 

a There were eight children in the Engels family—Frederick, Hermann, Emil,. 
Rudolf, Anna, Hedwig, Elise and Marie. - > dearly beloved spouse 

intends to bring it with him when he comes for your child’s* 
christening. But I’ve now got 150 fr. worth of things in pawn 
which I must redeem before my people arrive and therefore must 
have that amount at once. The whole mess is due to the fact that 
throughout this winter I have hardly earned a farthing from my 
writing and hence my wife? and I have had to live almost 
exclusively on the money I was receiving from home, and that 
wasn’t so very much.*’ Since I now have a fair number of 
manuscripts either half or completely finished, this isn’t very likely 
to happen to me again. So send me the money and, as soon as I’ve 
had my remittance from home, I'll return it. 

Your brother Fritz was here these few days and went home 
yesterday morning. In conclusion I would again enjoin discretion 
sur le contenu de cette lettre.‘ 

With regards, 

Your 
F.