[London,] 10 November 1861 

Dear Citizen, 

My reply to your last letters has been delayed for so long 
because I was waiting from day to day for news from a lady you 
know.* At last I have learned that she left for Italy some months 
ago but will shortly be returning to Berlin. 

If the first letter for L.> has not arrived, I imagine that the fault 
must lie in the address; it was marked via Gibraltar instead of via 
Southampton. After I had been advised of this mistake, I corrected 
the address on the second letter. This I not only franked but also 
registered. I enclose the receipt from the English post office. 

The 50 francs I am sending you comes from a German working 
men’s club.“ In my next letter I shall send you a further 
contribution. Please be so kind as to acknowledge receipt and send 
copies of your pamphlet in return. 

It would be useful if you were to write me a letter I could send 
to Berlin and which would establish the monetary resources 
needed for a <rescue attempt>.* I should return it to the 
appropriate quarter. 

Rest assured that there is no one more interested than myself in 
the lot of a man whom I have always regarded as the brains and 
inspiration of the proletarian party in France. 

Salut. 
K. M.