[London, 17 December 1875] 

Dear Friend, 

Our good Leblanc is very ill and likes to be visited. Definite 
limits were set for the last sheets (i.e. the last instalment, 44th, of 
the French edition of Capital).'? Mr Lachatre alleged that things 
had been so arranged with the printers that it would be impossible 
to go beyond the 44th sheet. This meant that I had to sacrifice the 
subject index which had already been drawn up. If I find a copy of it, I 
will send it to you. 

Yours ever, 

K. M.