London, 8 November 1875 
(122 Regent’s Park Road) 
Dear Pauli, 

We got back here safely last Saturday afternoon, having stopped 
overnight in Bingen, Cologne and Dover.'*’ In accordance with your 
advice we took the steamer from Bingen to Cologne and didn’t 
regret it for one instant. The crossing from Ostend was quite good 
for the time of year, though my wife suffered a little from seasickness 
for a while. In Dover, where we stayed at the Lord Warden, we 
recalled how once, in this same hotel, an old Englishman with six 
daughters had said: “Tuanx Gop, ts THE COMFORTS OF AN ENGLISH 
HOTEL’— consisting of a good bed and a bad breakfast and unpolished 
boots, for which they charged us the trifling sum of 16/-, say, sixteen 
shillings. 

Once again my wife and I would like to say how deeply grateful 
we are to you and your dear wife for receiving us so warmly and 
for promising to take Pumps under your wing every so often 
during her exile; and we are definitely counting not only on your 
bringing Mrs Pauli over here as soon as possible, but also on your 
regarding our house as your own whenever you come to London 
WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE, 

With sincere regards, 

Yours, 
F. Engels