Ramsgate, 3 September 1879
62 Plains of Waterloo
Dear Engels,

Meyer (R.) wrote and announced his intention of visiting me,
while at the same time saying, on the other hand, that I was to let
him know, i.e. telegraph him, ‘do not come’, should I be otherwise
engaged. Firstly, therefore, I telegraphed him in the ‘negative’,
secondly, however, proceeded to write him a letter to this
effect, that in consequence of Mrs Marx’s bad health my whole
time is taken up ‘presently’. I am telling you this in order that
you may know how things stand, should he raise the matter with
you. In fact my wife is improving only very slowly and hence by no
means anxious to see Meyer here.

Jennychen had her first outing today, a fifteen-minute walk; she
progresses favourably.
Your

M
How is Jolly getting on?